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Deep underground, a team of scientists are working diligently in their research lab. Some are sitting at a large computer station looking at graphs and sensors while others are engage in miscellaneous conversations while checking, crossing, and marking in their note boards. Further in the back of the lab, a very large creature is laying on its stomach on a gurney. Its neck, limbs, and tail are secured in large carbon steel bolts tethered to the ground. An enormous cage is erected from its neck to its tail keeping the creature confined. The creature's snout is also strap down with a carbon steel muzzle. Wires hang around the creatures head and large IV tubes are connected to its neck, forelimbs, and body. Six scientists are monitoring the creature while it is kept sedated and restrained. Its eyelids are nearly shut but upon closer inspection the creature is staring at its surroundings intently.
