The Shopkeeper hardly seems surprised, but readily agrees. Wtih the chalk and a load of construction equipment in tow, he lets Gnosis lead him to the site.

At first it seems as if the lab building is unaffected by the remains of whatever tragedy would have claimed it otherwise. The door is unmarred, the windows in pristine condition. But there's a heavy copper smell for the first day of the lab's rebirth, and a dark stain beside his desk. In the center of it are two wedding rings, and a broken cane has rolled under the desk itself.