Tooth Fairy: Good ... No. 2 is in good state.
Tooth Fairy: Healthy teeth.
Professor Evan set up the project earlier than I expected. For most of the time, I was preparing the formulated reagents, and working on taking care of the lab animals.
Mice, rabbits, beagles, and multiple species of carbuncles and olitiaus. Give regular injections, and make records accordingly.
Researcher II: Ms. Tooth Fairy, it's all recorded here.
We didn't really treat our animals with great care, but I still did what I could to make sure they wouldn't have to suffer beyond the experiment.
Tooth Fairy: Good. Make sure to check the ventilation before you close the door.
Researcher I: Hey, Ms. Campbell. You're just in time!
Researcher I: Good news! The IND application came through!
Tooth Fairy: ... Already?
Researcher II: I can't believe it's only been a month! I thought it would take at least six months.
Researcher I: Professor Evan is right. We're not the only ones waiting for the new drug to come into use.
Researcher I: And thanks to the repute of the Campbells, approvals are quick on both sides.
Researcher II: That is to say, once the relevant documents are ready, we could start the Phase I clinical trials.
Tooth Fairy: If the clinical application is not rejected by FDA within 30 days ...
Researcher I: That's right. Then we'll be able to recruit volunteers!
Researcher I: Actually we will definitely make it. I suggest we start drafting forms and contacting patients now.
Researcher I: From 20 to 100 ... I'm sure there will be quite a number of people willing to apply.
Researcher I: The requirements for volunteers also need to be drawn up.
Tooth Fairy: I think we need a certain number of both arcanist and human volunteers.
Researcher I: Uh ... then it seems two test sites will have to be prepared. The further away from each other the better.
Researcher II: Brilliant! But if any side rocks the boat, it will still cost just as much to solve.
Tooth Fairy: ...
Tooth Fairy: I think we should provide some grants for the volunteers, and expand the range as much as possible.
Researcher I: Good point ... Our target group might have exhausted all the money for treatment long ago.
Tooth Fairy: ...
Researcher II: sigh
Tooth Fairy: ...
Researcher II: ... Ms. Tooth Fairy?
Tooth Fairy: Sorry. I'd like to ask ...
Researcher I: What's going on?
Tooth Fairy: I seem to remember that there's still a volunteer application form for the previous project in the institute?
Researcher I: That's true.
Researcher II: Let me see ... Oh! It's in the drawer.
Tooth Fairy: May I have it for a while?
Researcher I: Of course! Why do you need it, Ms. Tooth Fairy?
Tooth Fairy: Just take a look.
The hotel was about fifteen minutes away from the institute, and it took about ten minutes to walk from the institute to the lab.
It took me only five minutes that time. Not until I picked up the phone and felt out of breath did I realize that I had just trotted all the way here.
Tooth Fairy: Hello ... yes. Could you please put me in touch with...
Tooth Fairy: ...
Tooth Fairy: Is that John! It's me ... Tooth Fairy.
Tooth Fairy: Listen. For your mom's issue, I have an update ...
The call was answered very quickly and the communication was as smooth as the project. The arrangements for John's mother were soon finalized.
All the worries seemed to never exist from the very beginning.
I had never felt so happy.
... Never so relaxed and careless.
The animals in the lab were drifting asleep under the effects of the drug. I noticed the white carbuncle twitch slightly out of the corner of my eye.
It was No.12. I leaned over, trying to find out what happened.
Beneath its white fur lied a tiny tooth that came from nowhere.
Tooth Fairy: ...
Now I might have had a million premonitions and suspicions.
But back then I simply hung up the phone, and put it in my pouch.
