Jubilant

"In theory, it should work like it did for Thorton Elrod," Nicole said. She sped-walked out of the room and back to the bench they were working at previously. 

The tubes and vials present now weren't as random and meaningless as they had appeared to me beforehand. Instead, every single one of them carried an ingredient or formula that could change the way of the world.

"Of course, there are some variables in your scenarios," she said. "After all, you and Kyle have been given the poison for a significant amount of time― in Thorton Elrod's case, the time frame between the poison being administered before he was given the serum was as good as zero."

"Should we wait, then?" I asked, my eyebrows knitted together as I watched Nicole buzz through the workstation, grabbing different combinations of components and mixing them together.