Gemotions

The email arrived late at night, a stark black and white intrusion. Professor Dubois. Leaving. For Antoine, this was a disaster. He kept re-reading the words. He felt the need to stabilize everything.

He went to the lab the next day. He spoke with the other students, collecting information. He checked the status of the experiments. He needed to be sure. He needed to know everything.

He spent the rest of the day in the library, going through the data, reviewing his findings. He checked and rechecked his own work. He made sure that everything was correct, that everything was safe. The silence of the library was both comforting and ominous.