Gemotions

He paced the length of his tiny apartment, the worn wooden floorboards groaning under his weight. “Just… *gone*,” Leo said aloud to the empty room, the words tight and strained. Professor Albright, his brilliant, eccentric advisor, had been a fixture in his life. Now, the professor's office was stripped bare, the walls a ghostly white. A single email with the subject line "Farewell!" was the only communication. Leo ran a hand over his face. He felt a throbbing sensation in his temples. How could someone who had championed him, suddenly vanish?