"Kahndaq it is, them" he says, with something that resembles a smile in his voice. Part of him always loves this part.
He turns away from the window and regards Jakita and Drummer. Along with Ambrose, whom he hopes to rescue soon, these are the closest thing he has to a family. Not that he's going to tell them that.
"As you two know, Doc Brass was murdered last week in France," he says, levelly. "That means I'm the last surviving Century Baby of the 20th Century. I don't think El-Amin's reappearance – if it really is him – is a coincidence."
He's serious. There are very few people he would trust with this thought. He doesn't even want to verbalize it.
"We've gotten glimpses of Jenny Quantum, whom we think is the reincarnation of Jenny Sparks. We have vague rumors of some of the others. Brass was investigating them ... trying to understand how the Planetary defense systems work. I hope I'm wrong, but I think someone's looking for the new crop of Century Babies. I want to know why."
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He turns away from the window and regards Jakita and Drummer. Along with Ambrose, whom he hopes to rescue soon, these are the closest thing he has to a family. Not that he's going to tell them that.
"As you two know, Doc Brass was murdered last week in France," he says, levelly. "That means I'm the last surviving Century Baby of the 20th Century. I don't think El-Amin's reappearance – if it really is him – is a coincidence."
He's serious. There are very few people he would trust with this thought. He doesn't even want to verbalize it.
"We've gotten glimpses of Jenny Quantum, whom we think is the reincarnation of Jenny Sparks. We have vague rumors of some of the others. Brass was investigating them ... trying to understand how the Planetary defense systems work. I hope I'm wrong, but I think someone's looking for the new crop of Century Babies. I want to know why."
(Edited to correct minor continuity error.)