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Personal Narrative: My Scientist And The Monster

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My Scientist and the Monster I once knew a brilliant man. “Hello! I’m Doctor Verigan. Lovely to meet you.” I was lucky enough to call him a friend. “Hello, friend. I’m Christopher Alexander. I have a proposition for you -” Although some knew him as the careless mad scientist, I knew him as a genius, relentless, never giving up on his dreams. Which is why I let him in on mine. “- a laboratory, where we can both limitlessly dive into our curiosity without restraint.” “Well Christopher Alexander, where shall we begin?” We worked for countless months towards this idea, by the end of it he dreamt of it as much as I did. We poured everything we had into it, and succeeded. We could finally do what we wanted: test, experiment, create; destroy. …show more content…

I could see that he had the ability to constantly solve the questions we had and never get tired, even when endless nights took their toll. So yes maybe I took advantage. His mind was constantly working, it was quite beautiful really. At times I couldn’t help myself as I watched him; his excitement was contagious, I loved every minute of the work we did together. Or maybe it was just him. It was the scientist and I, always working closely. It was thrilling to be near someone like that, to share moments with, share theories, past notes, time, meals, my bed on the rare occasion that he would actually …show more content…

My scientist, his eyes still the same, the jingle in his voice, so familiar, but his hands so soft, too bloody to just forget. It may sound cruel when I say this, but I'm glad there were no survivors. I could easily diminish the damage, skew the numbers, and forge a new truth, all before anybody could inquire. I remember him; he gripped me so tightly, “Please tell me it wasn’t me.” He was terrified. Though I still do not know of what. The act, himself, his undecided future? Perhaps he was just afraid of me, and how I would react. “Please don’t be disappointed, I’m sorry, I’ll try harder. I can control myself. I…” All I could do was allow him the hold. I tried to convince him it was a one-time slip, a moment of temporary insanity; that he could easily go back to experimenting in the lab. But this time, I could not convince him. “Friend, it’s all going to be okay. Okay? Verigan. Listen to me, you have done nothing wrong.” “How many, how many did I…please tell me. Please Xander, tell me I didn’t, it wasn’t my, my

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