"..."
On the truck, Leonard Churchill listened to a few colleagues exchanging stories and occasionally joined in with a few "angry" wheel and axle talks.
His perfect disguise and performance, naturally, were flawless.
Originally, he wanted to use these conversations to learn about Upper State Prison in advance, but as he chatted, he discovered a few problems.
These people wouldn't talk about anything related to the prison.
Even when they occasionally let something slip, it felt not that they didn't want to say but rather that they genuinely didn't know anything.
It was all about delivering the goods and then leaving.
There seemed to be no problems with this process.
But now Leonard was certain that these guys had indeed been "mentally polluted."
Yet, these transport workers had no idea that there was an issue with them, and they hadn't even suspected it.
Leonard thought of a possibility.
That was their memories or some aspects of their cognition had been altered.
