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New Bern, North Carolina 1894 Everyone whispers about me in the streets. It's not so much whispers as it is blatant slander. I ignore it, as usual, because I bet I'm getting more money then they ever would, and so far, nothing has gone wrong. But still, it unnerves me when I feel piercing stares the second I walk onto the street. "Have you heard?" "Heard what?" "About Red Garrett, that foreign boy from Europe?" "Oh, yes, Italy I think! It's so scandalous, can you believe it?" "He's working for the doctors as an experiment. It is utter lunacy!" I can deny the lunacy aspect of their accusations, but I cannot deny that I am a test subject for the doctors. Dr. Morrison and Dr. Beauregard hired me all but a week ago to test possible cures that they have been developing since the end of their Civil War. They want to combat diseases such as dysentery and typhoid fever (three years later a vaccine was found) that killed vast margins of their Southern (and Northern) armies. They do not share much information with me about what they develop or how it works, but I cannot complain because they pay me very well and my family is in desperate need of money – as are many other immigrants. I see the family down the road of our New Bern, North Carolina home (shack) struggling as we are, yet their three children barely bring home three dollars a day – combined. I walk past one boy, who is cleaning up after horses, on my way to work. I hope that today I'm not testing any of their concoctions. Frankly, I'd rather clean up after their test animals. - I'm strapped down today which makes me nervous, obviously. The leather straps feel way too tight and my lungs aren't taking in the air properly. Dr. Beauregard pats my hair and tells me that it is just a precaution. I'll be fine, he says. It doesn't really help me relax but at the end of the day, I'll have seven dollars to take home, so I don't say a word. Dr. Morrison sweeps into the room, barely noticing my presence. I squirm a bit against the restraints on my wrists and ankles. The look Dr. Beauregard gives me is stern and agitated. "Robert," Dr. Morrison starts, "Are you ready to administer drug X to Red?" He picks up a small vial filled with clear liquid and long, thick needle.

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