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Hopeless.

It all seemed hopeless. 

But Gail didn't give up- it was one of his signature qualities- something which enabled him to power through all the years of torment to finally invent the immortality he o so craved.

But-

In the end, the same tenacity was his undoing that led him to create the super virus and end up destroying half of the known universe. It cost him his friends, his family, and even his life-

Of course, it was also the same virus that led him to end the most brutal war in the history 

But-

It was again time to put that tenacity to a test.

Theo was a foil- just like the ones before- but Gail was whole again; he wasn't limited by Theo's knowledge or Theo's shortcomings. And this time- he was going to put everything on the line- everything to a test-

He was going to use everything-

Every single bit of talent, power, experience he had ever accumulated. 

So-