Chongo sat and considered his next move as the dog settled in his stomache. Hell and Damnation! Looking for spies, dead, sick and highly "contagious" chimps, and now Kerchak was on his tail as well. One thing after another he thought. Well, can't do much about the spies or Kerchak, 'least 'till he shows his hand. Wouldn't want to be the instigator in that tango. They'd slap me in the big house even if a pre-emptive strike was the best way to go. Better find out a little more about radiation sickness.

With that thought he headed for the University. maybe some student would be hanging around that he could harrangue on the side without drawing too much attention.

By the time Chongo got to the University it was early evening. He wasn't worried about finding someone working late. People interested in the latest theoretical applications of science weren't the most likely to have a date much less a life. Sure enough there were lights on in the lab building. Chongo took the roof route and in seconds was down in the bowels of the building. The corridors of the science department smelled of dissinfectant and stale chemical experiments. Chongo suddenly understood why most of the progress made in these fields was made by humans. With a sharper sense of smell no chimp on earth would want to be around the building much less the experiments. The stringent white painted walls with the pale brown patterned floor were also enough to make a gorilla gag and were hurting his eyes. Chongo passed one lab after another looking for a female professor or student. He'd found that the female of the species was much more curious and although perhaps repulsed by the appearance of an ape, was a little attracted as well. They were much less likely to be jealously hording their knowledge than the males and less likely to yell for security.

Chongo found one in nearly the last lab. He eyed her speculatively through the wire impregnated windows. Small and demure, curly hair where straight blonde tresses were currently the rage. glasses and sensible shoes were the only personal clothing items he could see as all else was covered by her lab coat. Chongo took a deep breath (instantly regretting it from his smarting sinuses) and entered the room, loud enough to attract her attention but not enough so that anyone else would hear.