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Liwei sighed, tempted to move his hand to the boy's shoulder in a sign of comfort but wary of startling him. "We only have two active subjects. They would know." His face contorted in deep thought. "We could... hm. Do you think we could trip the alarms and make the scientists evacuate?" He looked back at Mona. "Would that [i]work[/i]?"
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Mona listens to their conversation, then blinks a bit in surprise at his question. "No. Those alarms are foolproof. The only way they actually work is to start a fire or earthquake..." She ponders that. "If we started a small fire in the kitchen, there'd be enough time to get to your friend as they evacuate and slip out midst the chaos...but we'd have to be as fast as possible. The cooks know how to put out fires quickly."