A tall, thin woman in a lab coat enters the sterile test chamber. Her graying hair is pulled back in a loose bun. She barely offers you a glance as she presses a button on an analog tape recorder and speaks in a disinterested tone.

“Greetings, test subject #273, I am Doctor Vo. Today we will be testing the effects of growth serum variant F47-2. Administering 30 cc’s via intravenous injection into subject’s lower abdomen. Hopefully this goes better than the last one...”