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Will precipitate red-brown crystals. Wash crystals with alcohol. Wash repeat with ether. Producing next then among most vast explosions learned to humanity.
    Peering brown eye to face of operative me, Magda say, “Important must freeze still, comrade.” Say, “No motion.” Agent 36 poke own fingertip against own face cheek, say, “This location of comrade face, dusted spot white crystals mercury fulminate…”
    Very dangerous, caustic, blast when too heated, blast fromany shock. Mercury fulminate. Most old, most no stable explode compound.
    Operative Magda raise to point on only foot toes, ballerina poised, to lean near. Breathing of agent 36 brush cheek of operative me. Magda face imminent to contact face skin of this agent. Next then, tongue of operative Magda unfurl out mouth, tongue slippery pink, wet glow, tongue muscle wipe damp path across cheek of this agent.
    Cleanse future exploding mercury fulminate.
    Next now, hand of operative Magda cup near own mouth, ladylike, screen action as agent 36 salivates protective wad to encase dangerous compound. Next now, Magda expectorate wad salivate against laboratory floor, fast expelled,
zip-slam
into floor where spit compound impact,
flash-boom
, blast leaving crater on concrete.
    All fellow operative eyeing. Pigs of Guinea squeal. Sand of concrete raining all agent, stink of smoke, Magda say, “Permit relax, comrade secure now.” Repeat expectorate, second salivate produce no blast.
    Exhaled breath of Magda stinking sodium hydroxide. Stenched of lead acetate. Could be lips of acetic acid to create deadly chemical reaction, burst when contact sodium bicarbonate lips of this agent.
    Next now, unison voice all operative, speaking single voice, say, “Greetings, esteemed most revered educator.”
    Door of classroom laboratory no longer healed in wall. Door swing so display respected chemist instructor, acclaimed mentor, brilliant leader. Unite wave of voice, all operative say, “Accept, please, our gratitude for the wisdom you impart.”
    Instructor bow head.
    Operative all bow head.
    Acclaimed leader make small parade to wire bin occupiedwhite rodent. Hand of leader swing hatch door to access, pinch behind skin of rodent neck and remove out wire bin. Hand suspend wiggling rodent shoulder-high during face of instructor rotate to ensure all operative eyeing. Make small parade to edge of empty water bin sunk, flush, into laboratory work surface. In center floor of bin, drain hole. Perched top edge of water bin, spigot flanked metal switches to make gush hot or chilled water.
    Operative all eyeballing. Magda, Ling, Tanek, Chernok, all.
    Revered instructor place white rodent on floor of empty water bin, near drain hole. Instructor say, “Inside head, make following picture…” Say, “Having returned to house, find wild rodent fallen, trapped within house water bin.”
    Instructor brandish hand direction rodent, during pink claws scramble over steel metal insides of water bin. Rodent climbing little way, then now sliding to trapped on floor of bin. Rodent pink nose twitching air. Pink eye peering up, out water bin.
    Much-brilliant instructor say, “Little dirty animal trapped long duration…” Say, “Much hungry, much thirst, much exhausted …” Instructor rest eye against each operative, Metro and Tibor and Mang, say, “Little animal curl tail tight to protect self. Shake. Shiver filled such terror…”
    In water bin, white rodent shiver. Cower. Single drop yellow urine roll stripe from animal to drain hole. Ear of rodent fold flat against back of head. Squeezing self most small as able.
    Instructor dangle own hand into bin, so fingers stroke white fur down back of rodent. Stroking fur, say, “Little animal merely desire to survive.” Say, “Except animal vectordisease.” Say, stroking fur, “Little animal dirty, plus instinct plan reproduce…”
    Esteemed instructor fashion mouth to display frown. Rotate face to one side, then other side, repeat to make