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Chronicles of Tommorow: Echoes from the Future: Ep. 18 Finally My Brain got some Exercise
Recap.
23rd May 2355,
I took a few days off, I deserved the time off after what we went through. I had sent the scaloid specimens off for analysis yesterday itself. The biologists are still working on it but they have sent me the results of the preliminary tests. My observations were correct, the Scaloids indeed are descendants of humans. I am guessing their mutation was accelerated by the high amount of radiation in the cave. Most probably their predecessors hid in the cave to escape the War. The high radiation from the reactor’s radioactive waste most probably killed most of them, I had to discard our suits, including our guest, a brown haired woman in her mid thirties I suppose. The ones who survived adapted to the irradiated environment and the environment helped them mutate over the centuries. Certain results were disturbing. The residue on the teeth of the leader showed cannibalistic character. Nothing unnatural given the lack of food near their colony. I understood the reason for abduction of Husky and our guest, they ate anything they could lay their hands on. However, I couldn’t understand why I was left alone, away from their dwellings in the cave, after knocking…
