Chapter 264: Buried Secrets

ZADE Lake was quiet, clearly doing mental calculations. "Maybe twenty? Thirty at most. The success rate wasn't high. For every kid who successfully integrated the enhancements, four or five would die. And of the ones who survived, not all of them were stable enough to function independently."   "Define unstable," Rivers said, his tone taking on that edge that meant he was thinking tactically.   "Mental breaks, usually," Lake replied.   "The experiments were designed to push boundaries, to see how far human biology could be enhanced before it collapsed. But they didn't account for psychological effects. Some kids developed powers they couldn't control. Others went catatonic. A few became violent."   "Like you," Zade said, and I shot him a warning look. This wasn't the time for provocation.     But Lake didn't rise to the bait. "No," he said calmly. "My violence is controlled, directed. The unstable ones attacked indiscriminately. Andy had to... contain them."   "Contain meaning kill," L