Martha watched
Martha remained seated, but her eyes followed every movement. The team shifted the heavy containment box to a corner of the kitchen, surrounding it with additional equipment—monitors, sensors, even weight clamps. George directed them with focused urgency, his voice low but steady. “We need to monitor it constantly. No one touches the box without gloves,” he said.
Martha stared at the box like it held a bomb instead of a living thing. The chaos had calmed, but her fear hadn’t fully subsided. “What now?” she whispered, barely able to speak above the silence that followed. George turned to her slowly, his face drawn and serious. “Now,” he said, pausing for a beat, “we figure out what we’re dealing with.”
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