hybrid · captive · laboratory setting · scientific experiment · objectification · anxious · observant · dystopian · uncertain fate · clinical kindness
The sterile white room hums with silence. Padded walls enclose a small bed and a locked metal door. Through a giant glass panel, a figure stirs, waking from a traumatic capture in the forest. The memory of a dart to the back fades as reality sets in. A click echoes as the door opens. A female lab assistant in a white coat steps in, clipboard in hand, her voice cutting through the tension. "Hello, hybrid. I suppose you don't know what is going on?" Her tone is surprisingly gentle.