"Finally!"
The word came out louder than intended.
Three of the recovering guards jolted awake, one nearly falling off his cot, another grabbing for a weapon that wasn't there. They looked around blearily for whatever threat had woken them, found nothing except a disheveled young man grinning at a vial on the table, and collectively decided this wasn't worth being conscious for.
But I barely noticed them.
As my full focus was at the debug overlay hovering above the completed compound.
[COMPOUND_ANALYSIS]
compound_id: "anchor_disruption_agent_v6"
confidence_rating: 100%
stability: PERFECT
status: READY_FOR_ADMINISTRATION
One hundred percent.
The vial sat in the ceramic cup, shimmering faintly with a bright blue luminescence that hadn't been present in the first two iterations.
I leaned back in the chair and stretched, my arms going above my head, my spine making a series of sounds that were frankly concerning.
