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Morphology of Stage Two of the virus shows that it spreads through the lymph system. Speculation that the virus is bioengineered.
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SFX: EXTERIOR, LOST LAKE VALLEY
Lt. Booth: Field note two zero six four - I am examining a male subject, approximately 44 years of age of infection. In addition to exhibiting the morphology consistent with Stage Two virus -
Cpl. Franklin: Hey doc.
Lt. Booth: Yeah?
Cpl. Franklin: I never got that.
Lt. Booth: Got what?
Cpl. Franklin: The whole Stage One, Stage Two, Stage Three thing.
Lt. Booth: What do you mean?
Cpl. Franklin: I mean, the virus is what it is, right?
Lt. Booth: No, it's more complicated than that. Now let me -
Cpl. Franklin: Okay - I know, I'm a grunt. Before the Freakshow? I was a biology major - just gimme the gist.
Lt. Booth: Really?
Cpl. Franklin: Try me.
Lt. Booth: Okay - we don't really know. But blood tests show - the current evidence suggests that the virus spreads through the lymph system, reproducing and attacking cells on a catastrophic scale -
Cpl. Franklin: Attacking -
Lt. Booth: More precisely, expressing a series of normally dormant protooncogenes in to an active state.
Cpl. Franklin: Cancer.
Lt. Booth: Look at him. Look at all of them. That look like cancer to you?
Cpl. Franklin: Well - maybe a really bad -
Lt. Booth: No, no, no - this is something far worse.
Cpl. Franklin: Whaddya mean?
Lt. Booth: This virus is on a mission. The Freaks are what they are, because the virus wants them that way -
Cpl. Franklin: What are you saying?
Lt. Booth: I'm saying - Jesus - what am I saying?
Cpl. Franklin: Terrorism? You're saying this was deliberate?
Lt. Booth: I don't know.
SFX: RECORDING SHUTS OFF