"Owen, will you please accelerate our research into an option for distributing vaccines via water supply?" Xanatos closed all the browser windows he'd had open—to call the recent news "frustrating" was a quaint understatement. "This farce is affecting my plans for achieving immortality and I have no interest in learning the rest of the Greek alphabet."

"Of course, Mr. Xanatos," Owen said. "But I feel compelled to point out that you do know the entire Greek alphabet."

"Figure of speech, Owen."