A rounded object, its core slowly split in two, and a double helix staircase was slowly divided into two, rapidly filled by shimmering objects.
In no time, it had formed two identical double helix staircases.
The rounded object had also become two, each perfectly plump.
With his forehead freed from the dial, the researcher recorded the situation in the register while the sensation had not yet faded.
A man with a hunched back, a full face of stubble, and wearing slippers, scanned through the record sheets with his tired, dark-circled eyes, emitting a voice as deep as a dying man,
"Status of item A-1542 is not bad, S-457 is okay as well..."
After checking all the sheets, the hunched man walked deeper.
Before descending the next set of stairs, he glanced at a capsule device stacked in a corner, its dial no longer emitting light, having stopped for a long time.
This research institute still lacked the technology to repair these devices.
