There's movement in the lab's single window as you approach it, but by the time you've focused your eyes on it, there's nothing to see. You tap on the door--its lock has been broken--and step inside. There's a cluster of snobals standing around something in the center of the room. One of them looks up at you.
Cassie?
No...it's just one of those old cyborgs. You ignore them and start looking around the big room. Lab 546 is dustier than Victoire's lab, but it's otherwise much neater. Much less...lived in. (It probably also helps that there aren't any potion stains on the floor. This lab doesn't seem to deal with chemicals at all; it's all wires and computers and power tools.)
"Why are people panicking outside?" One of the cyborgs asked that. You don't know which one it was, and none of them bother to step up. You explain about Gear. They all nod, say "tough break" or something along those lines, and go back to that thing they've been crowded around.
It's a dead snobal.
