“Can't the bodies and slime simply be burned where they lie?” asked the Prime Minister. “Surely that would be a more simple method?”
“Yes, it would,” answered Charles. “But burning the skeletons and slime will give off smoke. This smoke will no doubt be filled with the same gas that caused the trouble in the first place.” He shrugged. “Need I say more?”
A long silence followed his words, broken only by the voice of the second general. “Can I ask a question? I'm General Ian Lewis.”
Charles nodded. “Go ahead.”
“What I want to know is, why on earth didn't you start working on an antidote once the production of Trojan got underway? Something we could have poured onto the bodies or should I say skeletons, to make them safe to handle. Why leave it until we're faced with a catastrophe such as
