The scorch happened. The cranks started appearing. The flare was spreading. Your mom joined an organization called WICKED (World in Catastrophe: Killzone Experiment Department) and got extremely busy running experiments, looking for a cure for the flare; she wasn’t paying as much attention to you as she used to.

Your mom was in her office, keeping watch over the kids in the maze, running her usual experiments when you come in. She turns to face you, “What are you doing here?”