Science world

Previously

…As soon as Thorne was out of sight, Alex closed the lab door, leaning against it, their breath coming in short, ragged gasps. The artifact, hidden in its crate, continued to hum, a soft, steady beacon in the sudden silence. Alex looked at the crate, then back at the door. The wonder of the discovery was now tinged with a new, unsettling awareness. This wasn’t just a scientific marvel; it was a secret, and one that, it seemed, they might have to protect. The hum of the enigma, once a call to adventure, now felt like a warning. The world of science, Alex was beginning to understand, was far more complex, and potentially far more perilous, than they had ever imagined.