[ Jim woke up with the clear-headed knowledge of what he needed to do. It's not a question of if, not really. He just has to work up the nerve and figure out how.
A message on his tablet from Zell is what finally spurs him into action. There's something wrong and Jim doesn't know what and he can't fix it until this is dealt with.
Until he kills him.
Jim still has the scalpel. It's dangerously sharp, and it will be easy. He hopes it will be easy. He doesn't want to do this, but he does - but he doesn't - but he has to.
And he's always been good at doing what he has to, so he does, and afterward he's glad that it - he - didn't bleed.
He answers the tablet the second it's done, and sounds clearer than he has since the entire thing started. ]
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A message on his tablet from Zell is what finally spurs him into action. There's something wrong and Jim doesn't know what and he can't fix it until this is dealt with.
Until he kills him.
Jim still has the scalpel. It's dangerously sharp, and it will be easy. He hopes it will be easy. He doesn't want to do this, but he does - but he doesn't - but he has to.
And he's always been good at doing what he has to, so he does, and afterward he's glad that it - he - didn't bleed.
He answers the tablet the second it's done, and sounds clearer than he has since the entire thing started. ]
-I'm here.