After cleaning his body,
Brian's eyes reflected complex emotions.
His bat wings shuddered slightly behind him as he levitated, following the fresh scent in pursuit.
There had to be an explanation for this.
It wasn't that he felt at a loss.
Rather, it was the sinister nature of his genetic imprint, manifesting inside someone else's body without any processing, that might not bode well.
That self-aware genetic material made Brian somewhat uneasy even thinking about it now.
He hadn't understood why it was like that before.
After experiencing the consumption of the residual glow from the stone slab, he understood.
Radiation contamination!
A spiritual body like his current contaminated one could activate the toxins and ultrasonic abilities within his own body, allowing for precise and meticulous control, a spiritual influence over matter.
It was likely there was a similar radiation contamination in the genetic material for it to possess such strong self-awareness!
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