Jade took a step back and let the three scientists of the team work on the bubbling/stewing fern. She watched in fascination how they all worked together. This was one aspect of the process that she, personally, had never witnessed first hand.

And she was so caught up in what was happening that she never even noticed the old man who wandered into the lab.

And then they FINALLY achieved it--the cure to the zombie sickness! Jade felt so giddy at the prospect that she didn't say a word as Aron left to administer it to the infected.

But then she realized that she also needed to be on hand to help out so she called out "Wait!" and rushed out of the lab after him.