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Was Gia still breathing? John couldn’t tell, but it didn’t matter. There was no coming back from his poison. It was only a matter of time.
I almost forgot. John picked up his video camera. Documentation was key. He needed to record every detail of this test. He wasn’t going to be able to conduct another one. There wasn’t a subject on earth that would be more informative.
He’d certainly gotten lucky. Serin and Gia were the Elementals who knew him best. Both trusted and cared for him. If it had been one of the others, this would have been far more difficult. The Fire Elemental would have set him on fire straight off. That one shot first and asked questions later. Of course, her flames would have set off the sprinklers as well, so perhaps that would have worked, but he wouldn’t have bee
