Page 497 of Chaos has a Name
She hoped.
“How much do you normally keep in stock?” she asked. “And do you have any now?”
It was clear that he believed that to be a weird question, but he didn’t argue.
Instead, Elsu got up and stuck his head out of the door.
“Jacy,” he called, and another Native male came in wearing scrubs and holding a very young kitten in his hand.
He started asking him questions.
“Do we have a full supply of Chloroform?” he asked. “You know, for the biters?”
He laughed.
“No, we have two bottles. We don’t use it often. The last time we had a full supply was two years ago. It’s getting harder to find so we use it less.”
Elizabeth shook his hand.
“It’s nice to meet you, Jacy…,” she began, pausing for his last name.
“Keme,” he said.
Gene made note, and it had both men watching him. They were definitely curious.
“Hey, Jacy,” Rayna said. “How’s everything going?” she asked.
He grinned.
“Well, about as good as it can be. I’m fine, but Mr. Trouble, here, is about to lose his nuts.”
She scratched the kitten behind the ears.
“Can you tell us what this is about?” Elsu asked.
She continued.
“Is any missing from the supply you’ve had?” she asked, not answering him about the case.
Elsu looked over, and Jacy shook his head.
“We’ve had two bottles now for about three months. The next biter we get is the yearly visit from the Mastiff that the Stormchaser brothers own. He hatesEVERYONE.”
That piqued Elizabeth’s interest.
Roland and Paditi came here with a dog? A dog that required Chloroform?
Oh, that was good for her, and bad for them.
The doctor was more direct.
“If you tell us what you’re looking for, then we can help you better.”
She wasn’t sure.
That was the problem.
“We had a case of someone being abducted on the rez and dosed with Chloroform.”
