It was an honorable realization.
One that must be shared by everyone who thought they'd seen much of the world.
And while some were naturally harder to convince, others had simply surrendered to the impossible.
Like one particular deputy officer who was now making a very hasty run for it.
CLANK.
CLANK.
CLANK.
The distinct sound of military boots hammering against steel floors echoed behind him.
"Lock the testing chamber." That had been the order. Eden, meanwhile, had been told to take over the monitoring for the facility, especially during the scanning of this so-called anomaly.
To be fair, it hadn't started like this.
It had been as normal as it could get before they all left the auditorium close to midnight. And despite "normal" being something else entirely—especially for those mildly traumatized and severely awakened by existential awe—they still didn't quite grasp what the cadet meant.
