Overdose

‘Through my work, I create thousands of chemical compounds. In the majority of cases, their effectiveness can be applied, studied and determined through vat-grown means, but there are more potent mixtures that require a sturdier subject. Like you.’

Bile paused, raising a finger. ‘Be forewarned – the compounds you will be ingesting are extremely formidable in nature. Take multiple doses of any of them in a short period and you will die. Mix the separate compounds or imbibe them simultaneously, and you will die.’

‘Hmm,’ Lucius grunted. ‘And all of these compounds that would kill me, they are your creations?’

Bile straightened. ‘They are.’

‘And you take pride in their synthesis, I may assume?’

‘Yes,’ Fabius answered flatly.

‘Then for your sake,’ Lucius grinned, ‘I should hope they do not kill me.’

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Lucius: The Faultless Blade, III.V