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 “Have you changed your mind professor?” you ask, taken by surprise.

“Yes young man, agent Jones here has made it clear that it is my patriotic duty to complete the work for the government.”

You hand the files to the professor. It is his work after all. A mood of depression envelops the cabin. Your elation of being rescued dampened by the professor’s sudden change of heart.

The professor eventually finalises his research, but the government makes it available exclusively to large corporations, which charges exorbitant amounts, leaving most of the world’s population exposed to the ravages of global heating.

The end.