Chapter 20
GRUM was slumped over his desk, head in his hands. 'They're mad! And him! He's maddest of the lot! I mean, I'm mad for suggesting it, but they said yes! And Kelvin was all go! Right up for it, he was. What have I been and gone and done now?'
'It was certainly different from how you described the first presentation,' noted Stew.
'I think that everyone forgot their dried frog pills today and we got very, very lucky. Now, of course, we actually have to do this. And at least one of us is actually going to have to go there…'
Stew turned, wide-eyed. 'You have got to be kidding!'
'Yes, I am. We don't have to be there any more than we have to be at Nevada to oversee that. But some people will have to go and that probably means some people currently at Nevada, because they are the closest thing we have to experts.'
'Oh those are going to be fun interviews!' Stew laughed.
'Aren't they just! Look, I've got a meeting with Hank and Kelvin in half an hour to work out how we're going to convince the government this is a good idea and you've got to get back to trying to move the new generator designs and sizes. This is too big to solve in a day, so let's get back to running our anthills and see how things stand tomorrow.'
'Right you are, boss.'
'Laters,' Grum waved as Stew moseyed on out the door, then turned to the briefing material he had for his meeting. He was going to need more than three colliders at Nevada, that was for sure.
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