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The Alchemist

ginny
Apr 11
1 min read

Updated: Jul 6

Since the age of 6,

Adam was

a physics wiz.

His older brother

Andrei and I listened

to him talk and

nodded, pretending

to understand.

Adam didn't talk

about much else,

so it was our bond.

Wait for him to come

to you. Make sure

the waters in his

tank are cooled

before the columns

begin to pump.

He is about to

use a lot of energy

to make it.

Andrei is no

longer here,

but Adam has

kept a secret

from us

for years.

A big one.

We did not

know what

he was doing

on the West

Coast, in

his little

science

kibbutz,

collecting

employees

from UBC.

Today

Natalie

told me:

“My son can turn

mercury into

radioactive

gold.”

and when I heard

that, my heart

leapt in my

chest.

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