"And to you, sir. Thank you again for meeting with us.", Garibaldi said as he made his way to Thomas and the door.
As they exited, Garibaldi commented, "That was quite interesting. The man and the vines on the walls."
Thomas replied, "Theran is very patriotic, but also very worried. We encourage him to go into hiding, but he refuses. As for the vines, they are an organic emergency system, in case this bunker should ever be discovered. Should they sense the presence of someone unauthorized, they would expand and take over the room before the intruder could leave. The vines can also continue growing selectively throughout a hallway, slowing down any attack while allowing us to escape."
"Doesn't sound like a plant would necessarily slow down armed soldiers that well," Lucas scoffed.
Thomas smiled slightly. "Indeed, except that the vines are all part of one plant. With each cut or broken stem, the plant emits a telepathic scream which debilitates any Venasian who isn't wearing this." He pointed to a small patch behind his ear. "A receptor suppressant, encoded to the plant's telepathic frequency. Impossible to duplicate." He looked at both of them. "It was developed by your very own Dr. Serana D'amondra."
Lucas grunted, clearly taken off-guard.
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