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A Figure Like That<br />

SEVENTY-NINE<br />

Henry, while he observed the Prime Ministers'<br />

medical stats, was also watching the news. Just<br />

before he left, the professor, had left a ten litre<br />

bottles of purified water which he had made from his<br />

mobile lab kit and he had instructed them not to use<br />

any other external sources to drink or eat until he got<br />

back, as, although he couldn't yet be certain about<br />

what had caused the professor's symptoms, there<br />

was no doubt in his mind that they come from an<br />

external factor, most likely something she ate or<br />

drank. The news just had a live screen of a London<br />

hospital entrance with no presenter apparent with<br />

only an off-screen voice presiding the news; at the<br />

bottom of the screen was a repeating scrolling title<br />

stating that there were no journalists available at the<br />

moment for the present story. The voice over was a<br />

female one, but Henry had a very long experience of<br />

AI taking text straight from a "screen" (or really the<br />

hard drive) and imitating the human voice and he<br />

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