— This is an act of brutality, we were enjoying as a family in our rest house when those monsters entered, threatened us with weapons and tied us up to lock us in the house.
— Did you know that there was a drug laboratory in the sector?
— Logically we had no idea, we are not here often, it is outrageous that a place like this lends itself to such criminal acts.
— What do you think that the Animate military forces are taking actions to solve the country's problems?
— If they are going to behave with such a degree of violence, I do not support their practices, they are not different from the human military, only that they really look like beasts.
The ANC representative turns off the television— I must congratulate your daughter, despite the complaints about assaults, the operation was very tidy. Where is she now?
— You are traveling with Lieutenant Ospina, I ordered him to go in person to report the death of the soldiers who died in the operation.
— It never hurts to remember that behind each soldier there is a family —Octavio comments.
— Let's move on to the important thing —Samuel interrupts— What did they find inside the laboratory?"
I stand up to speak with greater fluency— In short, that place was a drug laboratory, unfortunately those involved escaped through an underground exit, by the time we found it, too much time had passed.
— Were you able to get any information on the remains of the fire? Asks Veronica.
— Indeed —from my pants I take out a sheet of paper— samples of methylphosphonyl and isopropyl alcohol were found.
— Elements to create sarin gas —Samuel says.
— It worries me that you know what that is —says Leticia.
— The fact that in addition to producing black cocaine they are making sarin gas increases the level of danger, other information that we found are documents that indicate a dispatch of these elements to the municipality of Parral, in the Maule region.
— If I remember correctly, Samuel has a meeting in that region —says Veronica— Eusebio could accompany him and investigate.
— Sounds like an excellent idea to me —Octavio supports.
— Better someone accompany this madman —Leticia murmurs.
— I will only go talk to the indigenous communities, it is not as if I am going to declare war on them.
They all look at each other uneasily, as if wondering why they gave the assignment to the most violent of all of them— Of all of them I would like to attend the negotiations.
— Do what you want —Samuel sinks into his chair.
We all have things we don't wish we had to do in our lives, mine included parachuting, diving, and sharing a car with Samuel Supplicium.
— I don't understand why we have to move by car —I comment as we ride in the back seat.
— Airplanes are coffins with wings —he adjusts towards my direction— neither of us has the capacity to fly, if the plane were to suffer an accident or attack we would be condemned to die.
— You are more likely to be attacked traveling by land than by air
— But here we have how to answer, besides you are a lion and I am a white rhinoceros —from the way he says it gives me the feeling that he expects us to be attacked— you have to see what I got—he starts to wrinkle his face, no There is no doubt that he is making a great effort, little by little I begin to see that a lump appears on his forehead, he begins to rise and hunch
— What are you doing?—I recoil a little when I see such an anomaly, the horn of his forehead must already measure about seventeen centimeters.
Samuel lets out a gasp— I think I can still make it grow a little more, I just need to keep practicing.
— How did you find out you could do that?
— I have been experimenting with the capabilities of my body —he shows me the pale skin of his arm, there is a cut on it— my skin does not have the hardness of a white rhinoceros, but it's have his pigmentation, what I have no doubt is that I have strength similar, but ... —his knuckles are hurt— my body cannot withstand the force of my attacks.
— I had not thought of testing the limits of my abilities —I show him my mouth— I have no doubt that I do not inherit the teeth —I look at my hands— nor the claws —I sniff strongly— but I can smell smells with greater intensity, even if I Concentrate I can tell you had noodles with sauce for lunch.
He covers his mouth as if that would prevent her from smelling the scent— Does it bother you to feel so many different smells?
—Since you say it is curious, but with the passing of the days I have been able —What would be the correct expression?— regulate the intensity of the smells that I feel.
Samuel touch his horn— Are you sure we're not machines or something?
I stretch on the seat— If we were machines or something like that, it wouldn't have been too much to take things away like sleep or the urge to go to the bathroom
—Take away the desire to sleep? Age is taking away your ability to enjoy the pleasures of life.
— Don't come to talk to me about life when you are twenty years younger, you still have a lot to learn.
A haughty smile is drawn on his face—Do you want us to stop the car so you can teach me those lessons?
— There is the first problem with you, you cannot solve everything with violence.
— I do not know of a conflict that did not end in violence before peace came, after all, whoever has the biggest weapon will be the one who chooses the conditions of the deal.
I don't like that line of thought— Samuel What are you planning to offer in the negotiations? — I remember, I don't have any information on the negotiation proposal— What did you agree to offer?
— We did not talk about it, I told them that I would handle this in my own way, although they gave me suggestions, none of them seemed interesting.
— Samuel, Do you understand how important it is to have their support?
— Of course I understand —he smiles victoriously— those indigenous people will receive a proposal that I assure you they will not be able to reject.