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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 5368153" data-attributes="member: 3285">Music of the Spheres: Part 5 – Burning Down the HouseThe Arnold house was engulfed in flames.  At four in the morning, the flames lit up the surrounding countryside like the Devil himself just arriving for dinner.Volunteer firemen hosed down the trees, too late to save the house or anyone inside. Randy and Judy pushed through the crowd of onlookers to the fire chief. "Norman, did they get out?!" asked Judy.The Fire Chief shook his head. Judy, horrified, eyed the inferno that used to be a farmhouse."Stan did," said Norman. "Begs the question, doesn't it?"Randy gave Judy's arm a squeeze. "I'll talk to him."Stan Arnold sat expressionless on the back bumper of a fire truck, hands tied with baling twine."Stan? It's Randy.  Stan, what happened?"Stan didn't respond at first. He slowly turned a glassy-eyed, remorseless gaze on Randy. "A reckoning," is all he said.Judy inspected Stan next, flashing a pen light in his eyes.  "Could be an early stage," she said.  "But I'm not sure."Bob and Donny huffed up behind them."Cuff him, Donny."Donny looked questioningly at Randy.  "But…""He could have rabies, Donny.  Now cuff him."Donny turned Stan around and snapped zip-tie cuffs on his wrists. Stan silently complied as he was led to the cruiser."Randy…" began Judy."I know.  I know!" "What?" Bob, who wasn't privy to the near-telepathic communication between husband and wife, looked back and forth between them."We're going to have to quarantine the town.  Call the CDC.  It's gonna be a big mess, Bob. I need you to go back, get things ready, start making calls.  I'll take care of things here and go back with Judy in the ambulance.""Uh, okay. Yeah, sure. Sure."When Bob left the scene, Randy and Judy allowed themselves a brief hug as they watched the firemen battle the inferno.</blockquote>

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