[Zacharie gets as far as typing 'That' before he realizes he knows no words that could accurately describe whatever they had encountered in the room. So he deletes it.]
I have not.
You believe it could have escaped?
[Naturally Zacharie doesn't know about what the Operator was capable of.]
[Not without reason at all. And although Tim - or anyone for that matter - couldn't claim to be an expert on that thing, he knows it better than Zacharie does.]
Then I will not speak of it to anyone.
[Last thing he wants to happen was for it to spread to Sucre.]
One last question if you do not mind amigo, but are there any signs that it may be around?
[Given their reactions to it when they failed the puzzle Zacharie has a feeling he'd know if it was up and about. But if there were earlier signs for a quicker heads up he'd like to know.]
[He can barely see the keys fit to type. His heart's thundering in his chest, his throat constricted, his mouth dry. If this - is this how it starts? Is this how It gets Its foothold?
[Not much but it's a damn sight than he ever did for Jay. For Alex. For any of the nameless thousands who might be coughing up their lungs now, thanks to him.]
[text]
I have not.
You believe it could have escaped?
[Naturally Zacharie doesn't know about what the Operator was capable of.]
[text]
it spreads
you can't tell anyone
[Maybe that last bit was unnecessary. But he has to be sure.]
[text]
Is that how it spreads?
[If he talks about it?]
[text]
no one.
[No one can know. And HE IS A LIAR but - it's not without reason. Not all of it.]
[text]
Then I will not speak of it to anyone.
[Last thing he wants to happen was for it to spread to Sucre.]
One last question if you do not mind amigo, but are there any signs that it may be around?
[Given their reactions to it when they failed the puzzle Zacharie has a feeling he'd know if it was up and about. But if there were earlier signs for a quicker heads up he'd like to know.]
[text]
coughing
feels like youre being watched
[He can barely see the keys fit to type. His heart's thundering in his chest, his throat constricted, his mouth dry. If this - is this how it starts? Is this how It gets Its foothold?
It's already here, isn't It?]
[text]
I have not experienced that yet, but I will keep an eye out for it.
And thank you for the warnings Tim.
[Better to find out now than be up a creek without a paddle regarding that thing.]
[text]
[Not much but it's a damn sight than he ever did for Jay. For Alex. For any of the nameless thousands who might be coughing up their lungs now, thanks to him.]
by the time you feel that it'll be too late
[text]
[He's certainly stumbled across something, hasn't he?]
Would you like to know if I do?
[Just in case.]
[text]
[If It starts to spread, he has to know. He has to know, if only so he can accept that it was his fault, his doing, and his responsibility to fix it.
God but he doesn't want to be the guy to fix it.]
[text]
Then I will let you know as soon as it happens.
And again, thank you for the warnings Tim.
[text]
take care i guess
[For whatever it's worth.]