Do not stop. Keep going.
Ellie Doyle's eyes reddened. She turned her head and quickly made her way toward the laboratory.
Watching Ellie's retreating figure, Elder Cox felt a strange stir in his heart. Though he knew the evolution experiment had little chance of succeeding, he found himself trusting Ellie's words inexplicably.
His expression steadied once more.
Perhaps Professor Doyle, capable of decoding the gene sequence, might truly succeed in executing the evolution experiment.
Since Professor Doyle had given him a mission, he must do whatever he could to buy time.
Elder Cox turned and, regaining his composure, swiftly began assigning tasks to the nearby medical staff.
Meanwhile.
Inside the laboratory.
When Ellie arrived, she ran into Finn Thackeray, who was also in the lab.
Ellie paused, staring at Finn, who had already removed his mask, his face marred with visible scars.
In that moment, everything clicked.