Silence filled the hall. Everyone seemed taken by her presentation. She waited for a barrage of questions, and the moment to face the main problem: the Bioethics Ministry and its politics regarding DNA manipulations.
Acquaintances, colleagues, and complete strangers asked question after question, giving an idea of how much her research intrigued the scientific community, although not all questions implied everyone would be happy about her work.
She tried to spot the admiral in the audience, but the excitement overwhelmed her to the point of almost blinding her.
Concentrating on the questions, she sighed as their tone slipped into dangerous territory and the indirect implication she wanted to manipulate DNA.
A woman in the middle of the hall stood to get her attention and pose her quest
