1934 Alice in Jails: Streets/Interlude I: Mischief Below Alcatraz Island

Synopsis
In a special underground cell at Alcatraz, Leeza Laforet asks her father Huey Laforet how long he will let Rail "get away" with playing decoy and attracting attention without his permission. After adding that Rail was badmouthing Huey only yesterday, she begs permission to kill Rail right away. Huey replies that she cannot kill her valuable companion; when she objects to 'companion', he amends that she is not allowed to kill one of his valuable research subjects without sanction.

With that, Huey stands and has Leeza confirm that all of the Lamia sans Christopher Shaldred have gathered in Chicago; since it has been a year since they last heard from Christopher, it may be best to give up on him. Briskly moving on, Huey mentions that Victor Talbot has an immortal who should be arriving at Alcatraz soon, and that he intends to summon the immortal individual in question to his cell before long.

In the meantime, Huey believes it is just about time to begin his experiment—Victor and his men appear to have fallen for the decoy in New York City, so the experiment should be able to start once the dust settles. Leeza nods but is not quite over the matter of Rail, insisting that Rail continues to badmouth Huey even though they were on the verge of tears once Christopher went missing. Huey explains that Christopher, Frank, and Adele looked after Rail following all the "terrible things" Huey did to them, and that Christopher conversed with Rail the most.

Leeza gripes that Rail has even started talking like Chris, but this too Huey brushes off as Rail being an impressionable youth. Furthermore, Rail "becoming more human" would not be a particularly unforeseen or drastic consequence; should Rail someday abandon explosives, Huey can simply create another homunculus to replace them. Leeza says that Huey ought not to mind if she kills Rail once they become useless, though Huey advises her not to speak of killing others without expecting she might be destroyed in return.

Although Leeza is confident in her ability, Huey points out that Rail is Lamia just as she is, and all Lamia members should be able to more than handle ordinary enemies. However, he admits that his calculations did not include the possible of encounters with anyone extraordinary.

Quotes

 * "I believe you have the strength to drive off an ordinary enemy. That is precisely why I granted you and the others the name Lamia. That said… Encounters with anyone extraordinary weren’t included in my calculations." —Huey