“So you let her experiment on you?” I said. “Without telling anyone else?”
“Yes,” said Omega Man. “As I said, Maria was kind of a rogue researcher and I was desperate enough to try anything. So I went with Maria, leaving my apartment without telling anyone, to the most secret place we could find: The Underground Academy. There, Maria performed her experiments on me and discovered a cure for the Neo-Plague … although it was a very slow-acting one.”
“Slow-acting?” I repeated. “Is that why you were in that pod?”
“Yes,” said Omega Man again. “It’s a modified version of the coma pods you might see in modern hospitals. Coma pods are normally supposed to be used by coma patients to keep them comfortable and in good health while they rest. They often have the side effect, however, of altering o
