When it blew its horn, several more of the tubes began sparking.“They’re vibration sensors,” I said as I stepped over to the wall and held my ha...d against one of the tubes. “And they are different lengths to pick up different frequencies... but why?”The train was really close now and the small room was rumbling and shaking. Then the engineer blew his horn again. All of the tubes began sparking wildly. “But what do they do?” I asked myself again as I looked around the room.That’s when I noticed. He’d never encountered anything like this in his career as sheriff. He couldn’t help but recoil. “And to think I sat right here every night after work and drank a mule-skinner and cactus wine poured by the likes of him.” He and Blake shook their heads. “I guess you never really know a guy.”“And that’s not even the strangest part. He was caught by Chuck here.” Blake paused for dramatic effect. “With the nigger.”Arnold had definitely never seen anything like this. “You mean Ely?”“Yeah, Ely. The. Her ability to compel the minds of others required both physical proximity and that she be able to convey her message to the subject. She couldn’t be certain they’d hear her command and they had to be watching the hole for the next trick. The first thing that peeked into the opening would be riddled with bullets.“He’s not going anywhere.” Helen whispered back. “I’ve got all night to fuck with him and the money to make it entertaining.” She activated the headset. “ACME 2, how are we doing?”The. . ?" Name, rank, number, and date of birth." Oh, fun-nee! I'll just give Alison a shout, she'll take notes for us."The foursome arrived at the offices of the Social Services, and they were directed to a conference room. It was clear that no expense had been spent on office furniture."At least they aren't wasting ratepayers money on creature comforts," said Jack."Certainly not down here where the work is done," they turned to see a rather harassed looking woman of about their own age. Dressed in.