A flash and the chalkboards disappear only to be replaced by the interior of a derelict building. A young Julian Robert Oppenheimer turns in a half circle attempting to gain his bearings. Had the experiment been successful? If this level of destruction was the conclusion how is it that Oppenheimer had survived?
Noticing the ragged corner of a newspaper barely visible in the shadow of an overturned desk, the confused scientist stoops to inspect it in hopes of gaining some understanding of his situation.
The paper's masthead reads "The Malton Gazette". Malton? What happened to Los Alamos?
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