“Seven.”
“Seven?”
“Wait, what were
you asking?”
“How many
prototypes you've developed.”
“Eight. Eight
iterations. The very early stages. And then they kicked me off the
project.”
“Why?”
“They weren't
clear about that.”
“Were you upset?”
“Of course. But
they never understood the scale of my plans.”
“How would you
feel about making an anti-prototype?”
“What?”
“We're prepared
to offer you a substantial sum to work on...”
“What's an
anti-prototype?”
“A device to
neutralize the prototype.”
“An anti-device.”
“Yes, sure.”
“You want me to
make a prototype of an anti-device. Because you can't make an
anti-prototype, that doesn't make any sense.”
“If you say so.
You'll have a state-of-the-art lab and a team of...”
“Unless... An
anti-prototype... Is such a thing possible?”
“Uh, a
hand-picked team of...”
“Good lord, the
anti-prototype! Of course! I see it now! This could change
everything!”
“Really?”
“Yes! Wait. No.
No, that wouldn't work. Unless it was very, very large...”
No comments:
Post a Comment