"She didn't exploit my humanity, Abby. She exploited my ego."
His response to Abby kept running through Philip's mind as he looked around his lab.
He'd had such plans. He was going to save the world and then become Sir Philip Burton.
He'd not lied to Connor, he was going to give the energy away for free. However, he would hold the patents for the technology needed to harness the anomalies' power.
Now it lay in ruins. He'd destroyed the world and he had to pay for his sins.
Philip Burton entered the proper codes, closed his eyes and waited.