Dr. Elena Vasquez looked like she'd aged ten years in the past twenty-four hours. Her usually pristine lab coat was wrinkled, her silver hair escaping from its normally perfect bun, and her hands shook slightly as she adjusted the complex array of crystal formations arranged around the underground laboratory beneath Luna Academy.
"Seventeen carriers confirmed connected," she announced to the room filled with projection screens showing faces from around the world. "This is the first full Luna bloodline assembly in over three centuries."
