"Oh, so you're used to the ice bees," she teased, and topped his coffee up even though he hadn't asked for it yet. It was part of the job. She glanced back over at the teenagers, who were now trying to maybe melt into one person. If they started removing clothing, she'd have to tell them to stop before Russell got them for indecent exposure.

"They're biological and they're a weapon, right?"

Playing stupid about what a biological weapon actually might be was her best plan. She couldn't very well start talking about El Virus or any of the other biological weapons various people had nearly released into the world.