The snow in Heidelberg has been falling for a whole week.
Weber stands by the laboratory window, watching the tourist boats slowly traverse the snow-covered Neckar River. The tourists on the boats are wrapped in thick winter clothes, holding up their phones to take pictures, and marveling at the ancient city. He watches for a few seconds, then draws the curtains and turns back to the experiment table.
All six monkeys are in place — three from Heidelberg University's own breeding center, and three borrowed from Berlin's research institute. Weber spent three days checking their health status, weight, blood routine, and imaging data one by one, then created a detailed file for each monkey — just like he did for M7.
"Hope, trust, love, patience, courage, wisdom," Hanna looks at the list and can't help but laugh. "Professor, are you naming the monkeys, or praying?"
