"Corrupted?" My voice and Alicia's echoed at the same time, but this wasn't the time to focus on things like that.
Mary exchanged looks with both of us before she fixed her gray eyes on me, her hand was in the pocket of her white coat, standing in front of me with none of the joking left.
"You know, Caius, Fusion means a fundamental change in the body, not just the flexibility and the toughness but even the needs like water and food become less important... and like I explained before you're following the right approach to reach that... but—"
She stopped for a moment, studying me from the bottom up. "But that isn't possible for you."
Those words were like cold water thrown on me all at once... for a moment my breathing stopped as I opened my mouth to object. "How—"
"I know this is hard on you, but let me finish," the old woman cut me off.
With an unfamiliar weight in my chest I closed my mouth... I had no choice but to listen.
