"What…"
Adam stood completely still for a moment, a stupid look plastered across his face. His mouth hung slightly open, eyes unfocused as he slowly pulled his hands away from his head. He blinked once, twice, then started shaking his head vigorously from side to side, but nothing felt different.
There… doesn't seem to be anything inside his skull.
"What… happened?" he muttered again, touching his forehead with trembling fingers.
"A fucking black crystal went inside you!" Carmen still pointed at him. "Ah! El diablo! You a monster, gringo! I knew it! I knew—"
[The Administrators are explaining something. Please refrain from talking.]
Carmen's mouth snapped shut instantly when the voice spoke again. Everyone in the vicinity—IBAA agents, civilians, even the scattered emergency responders—looked first at the transformed Leak, then up at the sky above.
