fate

Meursault, the protagonist from Albert Camus’s novel 'The Stranger', lay on his cot in his prison cell, enduring the deafening silence that echoed within its stone walls. It was the day after his trial, and the verdict had not fallen in his favor. Awaiting his perpetual fate, he didn't feel remorse or anxiety but a mere indifference.

There was something undeniably chilling about the string-like formation of the molecule Ice-Nine. Its essence, created by the eccentric Dr. Felix Hoenikker, held the potential to rewrite the chronicles of the world. Yet, amidst all science, no one had anticipated the catastrophic reality lurking within its crystal-like beauty.