Chapter 288

• His eyes settled onto a plump little dirty blonde named Kirsten. Girl Next Door look won out for him. As he reached up to the monitor to tap the large 'RELEASE' icon at the bottom of the screen, he heard someone clearing their throat.
• Xavier turned to see Dr. Barents coming into the control room. "A moment, if you please," he said politely. "I was just informed that you'd arrived and Raymond had told me of his intention to reward you three. If I may?" he indicated the monitor that Xavier was in front of.
• "We've been making some astounding leaps and bounds in genetic manipulation," Barents said to a glowering Xavier. "I know that you're eager to claim your prize for the evening but I couldn't help but jump on this chance to experiment. We've added parameter changes to the control software. Within a certain range that the subjects can withstand, we can slightly alter their appearances. As you know, the Creatures' nectar allows their Breeders to remain perpetually young. We've used this to breed our own creatures... the Seekers, for example."