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[A hooded one:]</i> "Primus, we have passed to phase V. The mind of the subjects is projected somewhere near the field of Ante Cun." [Cendor:]</i> "Well done. Everything is going according to plan"! |
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Cendor felt so pleased with himself. |
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It was pity that his procreator wasn't alive to witness his triumph. |
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He strived so hard to become what he was, |
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Primus. It wasn't easy. |
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As Fulgor, he had no chance to gain the trust of the others and become what he was now, a publicity approved figure. |
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His family name was echoing tragedy, so he had to change it. |
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His inheritance was a heavy burden in many ways... |
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Aline Fulgor was also a scientist. |
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She spent her life trying to restore the ecological balance of |
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Ahrem. But instead of gratitude all she gained was disgrace. |
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The after-effects of her intelligent genetic parasites, the |
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Thermo-devourers, were frightening indeed. |
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Fortunately they could not interbreed, as they were programmed to spread only inside the range of a selecetd target. |
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Of course, when the accident happened, nobody menthioned that. |
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All were so panicked with what happened to |
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Ambere "The Frozen city". |
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Aline Fulgor was there, trapped in her lab with her biological creations. |
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And she died. |
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But first, she had to watch her destiny for hundreds times, unfolding in front of her in the optic sensors of her trapped colleagues. |
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And she waited for her turn to fall down the floor, trembling from the sudden loss of body heat. |
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Until her parts stopped all violent movements and her body remained still, captivated in its final pose. |