Several paper cutouts of little figures huddled against the wall, their faces smeared with eerie smiles by paint. Yellow and red talisman papers, adorned with writhing runes, covered every inch of the room.,He had just graduated from college and landed a promising security job at a cutting-edge research lab, considered the forefront of science at the time. Then, an explosion came out of nowhere, and he was gone.,"I would have been able to ascend in another year or two."。