Physiology 2

Clearing his throat, D began to speak again. “It’s common knowledge
that the vital functions of the Nobility all center around darkness itself. This
gave rise to a certain hypothesis. It suggested that the darkness of night
might hold the primary cause of the powers of the Nobility, or the gene
responsible, if you will. That is to say, perhaps the Nobility absorbed some
ghostly information belonging to the very darkness in the form of this gene,
or so the theory went.”
Lina’s eyes were sparkling, shining with the expectation and anxiety
held solely by those who wrenched open the heavy door of the unknown
and beheld the light of truth spearing freely forth. Sparkling relentlessly.
“That’s the gene of darkness, isn’t it?”
“That’s right.”

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