Watching the Astral Express crew leave the laboratory and return to the train to initiate a warp jump directly back to Penacony, Ruan Mei and Herta did not dwell on it, turning back to the lab to resume their experiments.
"Where did this come from?" Herta asked, spotting a Sparkle doll on the desk.
"They probably left it behind. Doesn't matter." Although she sensed a faint trace of life energy coming from the doll, Ruan Mei did not call it out, instead casting a peculiar look at the doll.
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