Chapter 32: The First Treatment Phase

After lunch, the backyard already had a stove built, and a huge iron pot—almost five feet across—set on top, with two big wooden buckets beside it. "Pierce, what's all this about?" Edgar blurted out, even though his father had already scolded and yelled at him a bunch of times.  The whole setup looked pretty intense. "It's not that I don't trust you, Pierce, but the way you're setting things up to heat oil is kind of scary."  As Edgar finished, Patrick turned to Pierce with a questioning...