“No safety systems, remember? You turned them off. Now it’s blowing virus all through this room.” “Not for long,” Julia said. “We’ll have the safeties back in two seconds.” Ricky was already standing at the control board, frantically hitting keys. “Good thinking, Julia,” I said. I lit my cigarette lighter, and held it under the sprinkler head. Julia screamed, “Stop! Ricky, stop!”

