"That pretty much sums it up," Murphy agreed, nodding. No, it didn't make any sense. But there were only so many things a man could reject before he had to trust what was happening around him. At least to some extent.

He had to smile a little when Tsurugi stated his...challenge, he guessed. He was right, though, and the ex-con agreed with him. Though he didn't know what they could actually do, if this place had been around as long as people claimed. But it had to be stopped. They had kids here.

"Yeah," he said. "There's a doctor who's in charge, comes on the intercom a lot. He's different at night, too, but he's running things right now. I don't know anything about him, except his name's Landel and I guess the military doesn't like him."

When it came to detailed information, Murphy was seriously lacking.