She taps the folder absently after she closes it. Nguyen realizes she is chewing on the inside of her mouth and staring into space. She stops herself and listens to Parsons. When he asks for more questions she asks, "What equipment exactly does the specimen collection kit include?"


"I have a hypothesis," she continues, "that my experience in Africa with vicious bipedal lizards and your hiring me to investigate a seemingly suspect report of of bipedal lizards are not unconnected. If these are the same creatures, or even similar, we will need some extremely powerful neuromuscular blocking agents, tranquilizer guns, very strong restraints and a large cage."