WE'RE ILLED AND WE'RE BEING KILLED!
AFTER YEARS OF VIOLENCE AND WRATH, AT LAST, THE ILLED HAVE GRASPED WHAT THEY SOUGHT FOR--THEIR CHANCE OF LIVING A SAFE LIFE.
OR DO THEY?
. . . o0o . . .
Count Dracula, Robert Langdon...
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< REIVEN ZEIN >
“Sigurado ba kayo sa pinanggagawa at binibintang niyo?” tanong ni Shiera.
Maya-maya ay ipinasok ni Czarina ang kamay sa kanyang bulsa at kinuha ang isang mahaba at nakapulupot na wire na kulay tanso. Sa tingin ko, copper wire ang tawag do’n. Iyon yata ang ibig sabihin ni Juan Miguel ng something thin and long made of metal.
Iniabot niya ito pagkatapos kay Calvix. Nakakapagtaka kung bakit parang agad-agad siyang sumuko. Nang hawakan na ni Calvix ang tanso ay biglang ngumisi si Czarina at lumiwanag ang dilaw niyang mata. Walang ano-ano’y, ginagamit niya na pala ang kanyang aptitude na siyang ikinagulat namin nina Shiera, Mr. Adrius at Ms. Gallego.
Biglang may kung anong kumislap na kulay puti at dilaw na parang kidlat sa palad ni Czarina at naglakbay ito patungo sa wire na ang dulo’y hawak ni Calvix. Doon ko lamang naalala na electric current nga pala ang kayang i-produce ni Czarina.
Ngunit, nawala nang mabilis ang ngisi ni Czarina nang makitang hindi tinatablan ng kanyang kuryente si Calvix, kung kaya't mukhang nilakasan pa niya ang kuryente. Ngunit, nanatili pa rin siyang bigo.
“Pa-Paano?” tanong nitong hindi makapaniwala. But, Calvix responds with a mere smirk. Pagkatapos ay mabilis niyang ginapos ang mga kamay ni Czarina upang hindi ito makapaminsala.
“That’s how she killed Kyline,” pahayag ni Juan Miguel. “Copper is a metal made up of copper atoms closely packed together. It is used in power generation, transmission, distribution, telecommunications, electronics circuitry, and countless types of electrica equipment. Copper has low resitivity, and therefore is an excellent conductor. Current flows easily through copper thanks to its small electrical resistance, without much loss of energy. This is why copper wires are used in main cables in houses. Voltage, it is how strong the urge is for the current to flow. Voltage is the push on the electrons. A rough analogy is that, current is like a water molecules, and voltage is like a slope. The steeper the slope, the more the water molecules wants to flow down it. But, its not actually the voltage that kills you. In fact, it is the amperage. Amperage is a measure of current flow, like how many electrons flow through something per second. One amp is about six million trillion electrons per second. This flow of electrons is what actually causes tissue or nervous system damage. The current from her palm— having high voltage and amperage— travelled to the wires, down to the puddles on the floor, then to the bath tub, which killed Kyline while she’s indulged in the water. The range of the amps needed to kill a person varies, and taking into consideration that Czarina is an Illed with a very powerful aptitude, there is no doubt that she might’ve used more than 2,000 milliamperes that instantly killed Kyline. What a clever trick to pull out, Czarina. But you’re stupid into thinking no one would find it out.”
