"We freeze our specimens before we dispose of them in the incinerator. It helps cut down the odors if we control decomposition."
He turned to leave, but I stood there for a moment.
"Not Algernon," I said. "Look... if and... when... I mean I don't want him dumped in there. Give him to me. I'll take care of him myself."
He didn't laugh. He just nodded. Nemur had told him that from now on I could have anything I wanted.
Time was the barrier. If I was going to find out the answers for myself I had to get to work immediately.
I got lists of books from Burt, and notes from Strauss and Nemur. Then, on the way out, I got a strange notion.
"Tell me," I asked Nemur, "I just got a look at your incinerator for disposing of experimental animals. What plans have been made for me?"
My question stunned him. "What do you mean?" "I'm sure that from the beginning you planned for all exigencies. So what happens to me?"
When he was silent I insisted: "I have a right to know everything that pertains to the experiment, and that includes my future."
"No reason why you shouldn't know." He paused and lit an already lit cigarette.
"You understand, of course, that from the beginning we had the highest hopes of permanence, and we still do... we definitely do—"
"I'm sure of that," I said. "Of course, taking you on in this experiment was a serious responsibility.
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