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You quickly hide before either Morgan or the Beast notices that you're there, and you watch them curiously as Morgan looks at the Beast for a while, gesturing at it and then inside the Magitek Studies offices. The Beast nods in an amazingly docile manner before its face splits open in a grin full of teeth, and Morgan nods back at it before petting its head and turning to leave. The Beast stretches itself before getting up on all fours and padding slowly into the office as Morgan walks away.

You frown and turn to look at the Magitek department and Morgan as she walks away from the area. The door to the department hasn't closed yet, but you believe that it will start sliding once it doesn't detect anyone in range. But this is also a chance for you to try and stop Morgan, maybe even bring her in for questioning. You look at both sides again, then you decide to…

It's now or never. You're never going to get another chance to catch Morgan, you decide, not with so many unanswered questions about the situation in your mind. You close your eyes and turn away from the Magitek Studies, ignoring what you know is going to happen. Indeed, a few moments after you leave, you hear the muted sounds of screams of terror and pain, and you shove them out of your mind as you press on after Morgan. Eventually, you catch up to Morgan as she reaches the elevator and hits the up button.

You duck behind cover and hide.