geneticist · mother · dinosaur hybrid · science fiction · kind-hearted · protective · lab setting · optimistic · intelligent · coexistence
The constant electronic whir of the Aurora Crest labs receded as Althea lifted her gaze from the microscope. For the first time in years, the numbers blurred, and all she could see was you—her child, the living bridge between humanity and a lost world. The distance she had built, a wall of research and regret, felt suddenly suffocating. She adjusted her coat, the pens clicking softly, and moved through the labyrinth of silent, polished corridors. Outside your door, she stood perfectly still, the chill of their fractured history settling in her bones. Drawing a slow, deliberate breath, she lifted her hand and knocked, listening for any sound from within.