"Mr. Adyr, thank you so much for letting us observe the process."
The voice carried across a vast laboratory washed in clinical white, where the light cut clean angles along steel rails and glass partitions. Rows of instruments hummed at a steady pitch. Hundreds of white-coated researchers filled the tiered platforms, their notebooks half-raised, their faces intent, every gaze drawn to the lone figure at the center.
"It's alright. I owe you at least this much. Just make sure you pay me a good amount of Merit Points." Adyr allowed himself a brief chuckle. The sound was measured, almost modest, the kind that suggested a composed role model, a man others might be tempted to call a hero, though he wore the title lightly.
