Elena is smart, or so she’s made to be. Observant more than anything. Obviously when you are given a test subject you don’t want to release them. Escapes are a rather common tactic of freedom that are easily avoidable if done right.
Yet the scientist and the lab rat sit on the clean heavenly floors of the observation lab. Against better judgement Elena thought it couldn’t hurt to let him out. Of course he won’t cause trouble with a bribe of cheese.
The sight in itself was odd. Elena sat criss-crossed, her lab coat slung on the back of her chair on the other side of the room. The rat sat in front of her, sitting up as tall as it could manage and barely chipping away at Elena’s height.
It would be amusing to Elena if she saw it. Being the one sitting however shes feels much more grim.
“It’s not right. I have to be faulty. Do you not understand that? If I can’t carry out my basic functions that must mean something is wrong.”
Her voice carries in the room, while the voice responding is as silent as a mouse. Or a rat. A loud, obnoxious rat, whom she shushes.
[ - @thecensusbureau ]
