The laboratory was the same as always. Its glass door revealed the inside walkway of the premises. Kazimir opened the door and called out over the hum of the water testing machines, “Raina are you here? I got your request.”
There was a rustle of some boxes and Raina appeared from around a corner. Her hands full of boxes up to her eyes. Barely seeing over the top of them, “Oh Kazimir. I’m glad you accepted it. Can you...”
Before she could finish, Kazimir crossed the room and lifted the boxes into his own arms, “Of course I’ll help you. What do you need me to do?”
Raina moved the hair from her face with a small pleased grin, “Thank you. You’ve helped me with a lot already and I know I can trust you.” She passed by him and gestured where he could put down the boxes by the front door.
Kazimir set the boxes down and turned around almost bumping into Raina as she walked behind him. They both jumped back a little, giving the other space, and Raina spoke first, “Sorry about that,” extending a clipboard with various papers on it.
“Don’t worry about it. You just startled me a bit,” he said as he took the clipboard awaiting the rest of her instructions. “What am I checking for?”
“You’ll need to take over for me for the day and watch what the fish do. Just write it down there and then feed them when that is done. I’m sure you can handle it.”
Kazimir nodded, “Not a problem, I hope whatever it is your doing goes well.” He stepped out of her way and she left the building with one small box in hand leaving Kazimir to the day to day tasks.
“Alright then, what do we have here,” he flipped through the papers to see what animals needed to be monitored first and was surprised at the number of animals in the tanks.
They were down a hallway away from the white noise of the machines constant sound. As he got closer, the only sounds were water pumps and the occasional splash.
“First up is the…blue sturgeon?” he asked looking up at the various tanks lined against the walls. He scanned it not knowing at all what he was looking for when he noticed a note on the clipboard that read
'All the tanks are labeled for you'-Raina
Kazimir shook his head with a smile and moved further into the room to examine the tanks. Eventually, he found one labeled ‘blue sturgeon.’ He watched its activities for a few moments and jotted down all he could.
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