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'"I heard you about the kill thing!" Benjamin shouted. "Enough already! Give it a rest!" Ron stepped back. "He's insane," said Tammy. "Ron, just wait for the police, I mean it." Was Ron scared of insane people? That could provide the advantage Benjamin so desperately needed. He contorted his face into the most insane expression he could think of, and then lunged at him.'

"Our job here is not to leave a trail of bodies! If we're going to be that careless, why not just kill the old lady, too?" "Can I?" Joey asked. "No!" "Obviously you're having a personnel issue," said Julie. "How about you let us go and get back in touch when you've worked it out?"

'The men were dressed entirely in black and wore facemasks. As Benjamin unsuccessfully struggled, he caught glimpses of shiny silver tools resting on the floor. "Calm down!" said one of the men. "We're here to help you. You're safe now. You're with friends." "Just kidding," said the other man, punching him in the face so hard that Benjamin literally saw stars.'

"Permission to terminate the specimen, sir?" "Absolutely not. Contain it." "It's not behaving normally, sir." "Of course it's not behaving normally! It's a goddamn experimental cow! Just tranquilize it and get it back in its cage." "The tranquilizers aren't working. And it's sort of, well...sort of on a rampage, sir."