13. The Meat PuppetOutside the Temple, the two STL captives were gently placed in the back of a black Iron Shark Logistics van but Sabienn noticed that there was something unusual about the way they were moving. They were docile and co-operative. They weren’t arguing or ranting; they were gently accepting their fate.
In his experience, Sabienn had seen STL operatives jump on a greenfire ants nest to passionately kill themselves at the failure of a mission; in those cases to save loved ones held back home in the prison cells of Mission Mint.
Sabienn wasn’t alone in his assessment. Stork came up to him with a worried look. “I don’t like this,” said Stork. “It’s not right. I’m getting that same soso. In my nose. The stuff that was in the soup of those yellow vans.”
“They’re being drugged?”
