Chance raised an eyebrow. “You still haven’t explained what Fermat has to do with Ciara.”
Lenora took a breath. “The last thing Ciara said to me was that she’d figured out why the people of Baotong are so smart. She said it was simple and obvious, and we’d be able to apply it to all children easily.”
Chance saw where this was going. “And whether she was right or not, her belief—now your belief—will propel the research forward until you figure out a solution.”
Lenora caressed Ciara’s glass window. She looked up and spoke prophecy—not with the certainty of one who could see the future, but with the confidence of one who would create it. “We will find a solution, and we will start a pilot program and raise several small groups of children, several generations, to be as smart as the ones fr
