213 - Enticing

"First come, first serve."

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The pristine lab within the Consortium's spaceship bore no resemblance to Julian's usual cluttered workspace.

Gleaming granite floors and marble countertops replaced the familiar, comforting hum of aging equipment and cluttered benches.

At first glance, the room resembled a high-end kitchen, with rows of gleaming glassware lining the glass cabinets and an array of analytical instruments perched on the countertops.

A workstation with several drawers stood sentinel at the far end of the lab, close to a dedicated meeting area complete with projector and screen.

All experimental data pertaining to DOTTE Project was stored inside a HoloDoc, reserved for Julian's eyes.

Some of them significant, but most of them was not.