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David returned with a bottle of Advil, and Kate took four and dry-sed them before David could object to the dose She’s the doctor, not me What do I know?
“The two of us, ere a science team—”
“Why were you here?”
“I… can’t remember” She rubbed her temples
“Scientists What kind? What’s your specialty?”
“Anthropology What would be the closest ter human evolution”
David shook his head “How could that be dangerous?”
“Prierous work In case ere killed in the field, ere progra rong with my resurrection With me, it implanted the memories, but it couldn’t advance me—my unborn body was trapped inside ered in my subconscious for decades until now—until I reached the standard age” She slu I’ve ever done has been driven by these subconscious memories My decision to becoene therapy for autistic individuals, it’s simply a manifestation of my desire to correct the Atlantis Gene”
“Correct it?”
“Yes Seventy thousand years ago, when I introduced the Atlantis Gene, the huenome wasn’t ready for it”
“I don’t understand”
“The Atlantis Gene is extremely sophisticated It’s a sort of survival and coene”
“Communications… Our shared dreams?”
“Yes That’s hoere able to access it—to communicate subconsciously via subatoan when you were in northern Morocco and I was in southern Spain It’s because we both have the Atlantis Gene and we’re linked Humans won’t be able to use ‘the link’ for thousands of years I gave humans the Atlantis Gene so they could survive The survival aspects were the only goal But it spun out of control”
“What?”
“The huenetic es to the Atlantis Gene” She nodded to herself “We used gene therapy retroviruses to enous retroviruses in the huene therapies we gave the humans, the incremental updates”
“I still don’t understand, Kate”
“Martin had it right It’s incredible He was a genius”
“I—”
“Martin’s chronology of Atlantis Gene modifications—they don’t stop at twelve thousand five hundred years ago”
“Right…”
“His ‘ delta’ and ‘Atlantis Falls’ refers to the destruction of our ship and es in the huenome”
“So that means—”
“The changes went on So with huht There are two factions”
Dorian closed his eyes He could never sleep before battle They were only hours fro her to Ares When he freed the Atlantean he would finally discover what he truly ho he was He felt nervous What would he learn?
Dorian tried to picture Ares in hisback at hilass—an empty tube
Dorian stepped back A dozen tubes spread out in a semi-circle Four held primates, or humans It was hard to tell
The doors behind him opened with a hiss