A shadow emerged from a corner of the Director's office. The soft light showed a tall woman with long hair, pulled up in a simple ponytail. The rim of her glasses shone as she watched Kira, Naika and Chilly leave the room. She stood beside the Director, who remained in his seat with his face impassive once more.
"She is improving well," she observed. She checked a clipboard she held in one arm. "Independence factor increased by almost five points these past three weeks. And if you review the charts, the numbers show a significant rise."
"I have perused them," the Director said, his eyes glued to Kira's back. And even as the door closed behind her, he still stared on ahead, as though wanting to penetrate the solid steel wall to continue watching her. He remembered with a touch of smug pride how Kira stared back at him almost with defiance. Yes, he surely can see the gradual yet significant change in his protégé. Their experiment was doing well. It had taken so many years already, and it was thrilling to anticipate what progress Kira could have even further.
"Would you like to take a look at the others?" the woman behind her asked softly. The Director paused as he slowly rubbed his chin with an index finger. "Unless there are any significant changes," he finally said, "I believe we can look at them later." He tilted his head slightly to see the woman shake her head. "Very well. Have Kira checked up later this evening. She must have her rest."
"Of course," was the quick reply before she turned and left the room. Silence descended in his office once more. Slowly, he turned his chair around to face his monitors. Pushing a button, the half of the screens showed Kira and the others walking along another hallway. He knew their routine very well that he didn't even bother making the camera move to follow them. Instead, another button and the screens changed to the mess hall, where Kira's handlers made her sit down while they lined up for food. The man aliased Chilly was talking animatedly with Naika; it seemed they were arguing about something. The Director smirked; it was quite likely that they were talking about him.
He didn't care about those two actually. They were merely hired to be Kira's handlers, and they can be easily replaced. His eyes were drawn to Kira once more, taking in her silent profile. Her face was blank, but he knew that she was acutely aware of her surroundings; she knew exactly what was going on around her. He would even suspect that she knew that he was watching her right now through the cameras.
"Yes, my dear," he whispered, his eyes intense as he watched her. "You are doing quite well, indeed. You are just the beginning."
The other half of the screens changed, showing a dimly lit room. From the shadows and hazy glow, the room seemed quite expansive. There seemed to be several life-size glass cylinders. In those cylinders, shadowed shapes floated inside them.
One of the shapes moved and he smiled even more.
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