"Human nature began from tiny bacteria that you'd likely find deep in the sole of your shoe, migrated from the soil to you, and from your sole to your mouth, and from the mouth to your brain."
The clock ticked left and right, the pendulum ever so slightly swinging the tiniest margin right more. She couldn't turn away. She was infatuated by the slight difference nobody else would recognize.
"You will all join the soil slowly, one by one."
She blocked out the words. the pendulum was a masterpiece.
"One of you will send the others into that ground."
"However, you're all capable of sending the others as well. Your traitor is just a nudge."
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