I strode purposefully towards the lab. When I entered, everyone turned to face me. I could tell my appearance shocked them.
“What’s happened? Moreta…” One of the interns asked.
“She is fine.” I said tensely. “Indeed, everyone will be fine from now on. Your skills are no longer needed as the guards said this morning. Please pack up your belongings and leave.”
It would have been funny that all their jaws dropped at once if I had been capable of feeling anything.
One of the head technicians approached me slowly. “But… where will we go?”
“There are plenty of other crown-funded labs for you to join. You are all highly skilled and competent. I’m sure it won’t take you long to find a new place.” My responses felt rude, but I wasn’t capable of being anything but being short with them. They
