Freyr looked at Vreta and immediately realised she’d been insensitive. This discovery, if correct, could change everything he thought he knew about himself. She was still learning Rothian expressions, but her new friend seemed  “Yes of course, we’ll make sure we’re one hundred percent certain before going any further.” She reached out and put her hand on Vreta’s as it lay forlornly across the console, giving it a squeeze. “Everything is going to be OK, i promise.” 

Vreta’s last question caught Freyr off guard - she withdrew her hand and scratched her head. “I suppose, no...we haven’t. We’ve only been able to analyse organic tissue samples from Cradle creatures for a few months. I don’t think we’ve looked at our own DNA…” Freyr looked around at her team, and a few of them shook their heads. “But I can see your logic...Dr Hou, get me a swab kit!” The lab was now in a frenzy, and Freyr quickly blocked out all non-participants.

“I think we should leave them to it. We’ll only get in the way of this well-oiled machine.” 595 said, appearing at Vreta’s side again. She wanted to get the Rothian away from the lab in case another earth-shattering discovery was made; information was flowing a little bit too freely right now. Then, she could buy some time to report back to her superiors and get her orders.