Rollie Sweats went home that night without picking up the energy burst gun at Raul"s office. Whether he forgot or decided against carrying a weapon was secondary to the vulnerable position he’d placed himself in. In the depths of his subconscious, he was still hoping to outwit Slice, or at least lie his way out of a confrontation with the Mad Hatter.
Thinking that Klaus had passed away before telling Slice what he did with the host samples was too optimistic. In fact, it was totally illogical. Rollie bet that Slice was a master of pain and knew precisely how much he could inflict before his victim died. For his own safety, Rollie had to assume that Klaus caved in to the torture and told Slice who he gave the host samples to and what was to be done with them.
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