Chapter 301: Inside Out

~ SASHA ~

Apparently unaware of Sasha's thumping heart and shaking hands, the technician shook her head slowly and tapped something on the paper, as if the question were merely academic.

"No, no," she said quickly. "The markers all interact with and determine the functioning of the adrenal system. It's as if she's developed an increased… sensitivity to the Chimera. I don't know how better to put it. In the Chimera, these genes, in conjunction with others, are part of their heightened senses and awareness of the world. But Sasha's senses remain human. It's as if her body has changed to… accommodate something to do with the Chimera. We haven't had enough time to observe or test to know more than that. But no, this doesn't change who or what she is. Sasha remains human. But there's a very narrow scope within which her body has changed."

"To what purpose?"