Gemotions

I stared at the paperwork, a cold sweat breaking out on my forehead. My self-healing bandages, the product of countless nights in the lab, a potential medical breakthrough, were already… patented. The audacity of it. I felt a tightening in my throat, a pressure that made it hard to breathe.

My hands flew up, clenching into fists. I felt a surge of adrenaline, a frantic energy coursing through me. This couldn't be happening. I paced the room, my mind racing, desperately searching for a loophole, a flaw, anything.