The news was as bizarre as it was expected. Eva dropped to the bed, now flaccid amid the destruction she so recently wreaked.
“Naturally,” she said, staring towards the husk of the crib. “Why wouldn"t you? A newborn baby. Hell is the first place they are gonna want to visit. Imagine the conversation at school: "What did you do this weekend Nina? Well, miss, I went to Hell and played ball with Cerberus, threw brimstone in the river Styxx."“
Eva turned to Swanson. “You said you knew about this.”
Swanson opened his attaché case and pulled out several files, each marked "ARC: Eyes only" in red. He handed them to her.
Eva began to flick through the topmost. It contained drawings of an enormous circular device and a series of complex calculations. “I"m sorry, I have no idea what this is.”
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