Jack L. Chalker by A War of Shadows

Author:A War of Shadows [Shadows, A War of]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2011-02-15T01:12:36.010000+00:00

"Mitoricine," the psychiatrist told Braden, "is a funny drug. I've never liked our using it, and its effects and aftereffects are extremely unpredictable. Enough constants are there, though, to tell me that I would not like to be on the stuff myself, ever."

Braden nodded. "Tell me, when is her dose going to wear off?"

The medical man looked at a chart and shrugged. "Hard to say. She was due for it today at two, and repeated early doses at a larger rate were administered, so the last shot, to be on the safe side—this stuff can kill you or turn you into a vegetable if you blow it—was a low to medium dose. Assuming vigorous exercise, which will aggravate the drug condition, she should just about pass out within a couple of hours, maybe sooner, maybe later—it varies with the individual. She'll sleep a good long time, the body fighting the remnants of the drug, then wake up uncomfortable and lethargic. It'll take a long time to get her back to normal, and it'll come gradually."

"So you mean she'll still be a retard?" the security man asked eagerly.

The psychiatrist shook his head. "Not in that sense. Reaction time will be down, things will be foggy, like that. She'll be jumbled, confused, have some trouble behaving normally. It's much like an adverse reaction to pentathol, only much longer."

"So she'll still be no problem to catch," Braden said hopefully.

The other man shrugged. "Who knows? All I can tell you is that she might have a hell of a time convincing anybody she was a doctor."

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