[Ferran waits until they're gone, then moves to unlock the main doorway to Biosciences. On the other side, Dr. Oberly is waiting. Ferran strides to him, projecting calm confidence, pretending that he never doubted a successful outcome.]

The crisis is over. Drs. Higgs and Loken have retired to their rooms.

They'll need to be penalized for disrupting work. I wouldn't want people to get the wrong idea about what is and isn't acceptable.

In the Old World I'd suggest leave without pay but since no one in the Institute gets paid anyway I suppose I'll have to settle for putting them on a probationary leave.