07-31-2014, 07:49 AM
The hint of a smile and a shrug, Torri liked it when Drayson was coy. They had both clung to formality before, and despite the comfort by which Torri reacted to his presence, she hadn't felt the connection to him personally. She did now that he'd loosened the collar and opened up beyond the typical small-talk he might make with one of the bureaucrats he only tolerated.
"Human genetics?"
She started, clearly surprised to hear of a detective taking the course. People like Francis were the ones to handle the scientific enterprise itself while delivering the results to men like Drayson. She'd never considered that the detective would study the subject itself.
"I'm a Medical Geneticist. Well, I was in the middle of my residency in Berlin when I was pulled here. What that means is I specialize in the study of genetics for the identification, treatment, and cure of medical disease. Like the Sickness. My work is trying to identify genetic basis for susceptibility to the Sickness."
Where talk of the library lit a spark in the normally demure doctor, describing her work was to reveal a bonfire of passion, that, sadly, did not allow her to finish her residency. The Facility was blacked-out. She'd never be able to claim her experience there as satisfactory to residency completion. However, if she performed the job the army expected her to perform, she did not doubt she'd be fine in the end. If she failed, well she didn't want to think about the consequences. She'd probably end up in Havana delivering vaccines for the rest of her life. Or worse.
"Human genetics?"
She started, clearly surprised to hear of a detective taking the course. People like Francis were the ones to handle the scientific enterprise itself while delivering the results to men like Drayson. She'd never considered that the detective would study the subject itself.
"I'm a Medical Geneticist. Well, I was in the middle of my residency in Berlin when I was pulled here. What that means is I specialize in the study of genetics for the identification, treatment, and cure of medical disease. Like the Sickness. My work is trying to identify genetic basis for susceptibility to the Sickness."
Where talk of the library lit a spark in the normally demure doctor, describing her work was to reveal a bonfire of passion, that, sadly, did not allow her to finish her residency. The Facility was blacked-out. She'd never be able to claim her experience there as satisfactory to residency completion. However, if she performed the job the army expected her to perform, she did not doubt she'd be fine in the end. If she failed, well she didn't want to think about the consequences. She'd probably end up in Havana delivering vaccines for the rest of her life. Or worse.