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.

just about quantity, but quality

from ours. That's exactly the opportunity Boundless Lab needs to evolve

The lab needs your strengths to

the eye, enunciating every word. "In one of your papers, you quoted something in

what you have that matters,

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

branch, if you tum your back on science and settle

talent and effort where they belong and seize the opportunity I'm offering, you could become a project leader, a biologist, a young scholar. You could join the National Academy, become a research fellow, a professor-maybe even an academician

in front of you. What'll

watched her with

take exams, move through life one

like, what it meant to

a lighthouse

direction. Sunshine warmed

Scales, and now-Carlson,

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