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Lieutenant Stephen Decatur and the USS Philadelphia. But I digress.
desperation and an utter lack of viable choices can and has, historically, led to some of the biggest triumphs the world has ever seen. History has taught us, again and again, that there is no regime too big to topple, no country too small or weak to make a real difference.”
Maya was sixteen, and dangerously smart. She had clearly inherited her mother’s intellect; she would be a senior that coming school year by virtue of having skipped the eighth grade. She had Reid’s dark hair, pensive smile, and flair for the dramatic. Sara, on the other hand, got her looks entirely from Kate. As she grew into a teenager, it sometimes pained Reid to look at her face, though he never let on. She’d also acquired Kate’s fiery temper. Most of the time, Sara was a total sweetheart, but every now and then she would detonate, and the fallout could be devastating.
Interrogation tactic—relate to them on their level. Yuri was clearly a polyglot,
“He is no stranger!” Yuri yelped. “He is Agent Zero! I have brought you Kent Steele!”
Yesterday my biggest problem was keeping my students’ attention for ninety minutes. Today he was white-knuckling a lever to a bomb while trying to elude Russian terrorists.
The average adult male can hold their breath for less than a minute. After a few minutes, hypoxia will set in—lack of oxygen to the brain—and the captive will pass out. Of course, you want to try to stay within that threshold. Potential side effects are damage to lungs. Brain damage. Extreme pain. Long-term psychological consequences. And, sometimes, death.
With that thought came a tinge of mild panic. He hadn’t even realized it, but the further he delved into this plot, the less he still felt like Professor Reid Lawson. With each new development, with every life-threatening situation, and with all the new memories that returned, he was feeling more and more like Kent Steele.
Near the end, Zero had gotten reckless, unpredictable, wild even. One of the higher-ups had referred to him as “feral.”
