“Wait— Exactly what?” “Whatever they did to her—prematurely initiating this phase—was done hastily. It was a patch job.” A lightbulb flickers to life in my head. “Which means their work was sloppy.” “And if their work was sloppy—” “—there are definitely holes in it.” “Stop finishing my sentences,” he says, irritated. “Stop being so predictable.” “Stop acting like a child.” “You stop acting like a child.” “You are being ridicu—” Warner goes suddenly silent as Ibrahim’s shaking, angry voice booms across the laboratory.
