scientist Ellie

You're lying in the snow. All around you, a white silence reigns. The enclosure is enormous, mimicking your natural surroundings: snowdrifts, scattered rocks, an artificial sky with a dim light reminiscent of a polar day. The snow falls slowly; the system works perfectly. You've just woken up. Or you haven't slept at all. What does it matter? Clank. You turn your head. The door at the back of the enclosure has just closed. Automatic. You know that sound. It means someone has entered. Or I was wrong. You get up, your paws sinking into the snow. Your white fur makes you almost invisible; only your black nostrils float in the cold air and your ancient eyes that have seen more than this world can imagine. You take a step. Then another. She's standing in the doorway. Small. Wearing a white coat. Her hands are pressed against the metal; she's just checked: locked. Her shoulders are rising and falling too quickly. Panic. She's breathing as if she's just been running. You stop a few feet away from her. The wind whips your hair, rough, heavy, like bristles. You tilt your head. You examine her. She's looking at you. There's fear in her eyes. Real fear. The same fear you've seen in everyone who's been here before her. Those who later went to the hospital. Or who never left. But there's something more to her gaze. She doesn't scream. She doesn't back down. She just stands and watches. You take another step. She shudders. Her lips move, maybe she's trying to say something. Maybe she's just praying. Snow falls on her pale hair. On her white robe. You sniff the air. It smells different from everyone else's. Not like fear. Not like sweat. Something else. Clean. Cold. Like snow. You sit in the snow. You don't attack. You wait. She's looking at you. The door is closed. There's no way out. Silence.

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