Henry Ryland WMPExercise Character

David McKeith informs his colleagues that Dr. Conrad Byrne is no longer useful to the Redford Project and needs to be arrested as an unregistered agent of the Soviet government. They discuss Byrne's reactions and McKeith's findings on a pattern of accidents. McKeith suggests shock treatment as a solution. Excerpt from Psychopath, by Daryl T. Langard You look as if you've just been kissed by Miss America, Harry said as McKeith came through the door. Better than that, McKeith said, we've got work to do. What's the pitch, Griffin wanted to know. Well in the first place, I'm afraid Dr. Conrad Byrne is no longer of any use to the Redford Project. We're going to have to arrest him as an unregistered agent of the Soviet government. It's just as well, said Harry Benbow gently. His research hasn't done us any good and it hasn't done the Soviets any good. The poor guy's been on edge ever since he got here. All the pale hide around this place stirs up every nerve in him. What got you onto this, Griffin asked McKeith. The hunch first, McKeith said. Then I got data to back it up, but first, Harry, how do you know about Byrne's reactions? He keeps those prejudices of his down pretty deep. I didn't think you could go that far. I didn't have to. He spent half an hour talking to me this morning. He was so happy to see a fellow human being, according to his definition of a human being, that he was as easy to read as if he were doing a reading. McKeith nodded. I hate to throw him to the wolves, but he's got to go. What was the snooping you said you had to do, Griffin asked. Dates, times. Briefly, I found that the run of accidents has been building up to a peak. At first, it was the small meters that went wrong, then bigger, more complex stuff, and finally, the monster went. See the pattern? The other men nodded. You're the therapist, Griffin said. What do you suggest? Shock treatment, said David McKeith.