Convincing the director that they are ready to start working on looking for his weapon took some work, but they finally convinced him. Max promised not to punch him again and apologized. All of them agree that the grief of losing Bernard made them act in ways they never would under normal circumstances.
The director keeps a close eye on them in any case, not trusting anything they say, and without Bernard around he doesn’t have someone who knows enough about this stuff to make sure they aren’t lying to him.
His boss has already told him that they are not giving him any more funding for his fantasy expedition, and if he doesn’t find that weapon soon, they will be closing this project down for good.
He agreed to this new arrangement just because he needs this to succeed so he can prove t
