Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 810

“At Boundless Lab, you'll have your own workstation. You can propose your own projects, and, over time, even build your own research team."

"I'm inviting you—not to steer your research in a new direction or force you to fit our agenda."

"My offer is to give you a better environment and greater resources, so you can pursue your original scientific path-and go farther and wider than you ever imagined."

"Of course," Roseanne paused, "I'm not some saint, handing out favors without expecting anything in return."

There it was.

The question Carlson cared about most-finally, it had arrived.

His gaze sharpened, as if he wanted to see straight into Roseanne's soul. "So what's in it for you?"

"If you agree to join us, your research remains yours," she replied. "But it'll be credited under the lab's name. That benefits both reputation and funding."

For any lab-especially one that hopes to grow and make a name for itself in the scientific world-academic output is everything.

quantity, but quality too. Citations, impact, recognition-they

you said, your expertise is different from ours. That's exactly the opportunity Boundless Lab needs to evolve from a specialized team into a comprehensive research center. So this is a two-way

need the lab's resources to keep pushing your work forward. The lab needs your strengths

eye, enunciating every

not what you have that matters, but what you

I have funding. If I keep it all to myself, it's just a cold building and something to brag about. But if I share some of it with you, what comes out could be research papers,

handing you an olive branch, if you

could become a project leader, a biologist, a young scholar. You could join the National Academy, become a

is in front of you.

Roseanne spoke, Mamie watched

study, take exams, move through life one careful step at

showed her what direction looked like, what it meant to have

lighthouse and a ray of

you direction. Sunshine warmed everyone who

Scales, and now-Carlson,

passed, maybe half a minute, before Carlson finally