Eliza worked. Not because she wanted to atone. Because the math was still running in her head. The prion’s replication kinetics. The protein folding pathway. The weakness she’d known about since version 0.9 but had ignored because version 1.0 was faster, cleaner, more likely to get published.
The cure was done. Eliza had tested it on herself—a tiny dose, enough to confirm she wasn’t infected yet. The retrovirus held. The immunosuppressive cocktail worked. Dr Red-s Zombie Apocalypse -v1.0- By GuroGameGuy
The girl coughed again. Blood on her sleeve. Eliza worked
“You made it.”
“I know.”
Dr. Red kept driving.