The Administrator furiously burst into the room, though Alex's sudden reversion was his own fault. A loud crack stopped him in his tracks. Lifting his shoe, he stared in horror as clear and yellow egg goop dripped off of his shoe and back onto the pile of shattered egg shell.
Alex was no more.
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In the days and weeks that followed, the Farmland Regeneration Act of 2010 came under heavy scrutiny as first a few, then a dozen, and then finally over a hundred accounts of botched mixtures, unprofessional conduct, and 'sudden cellular explosion' made headlines. The program was ordered to a screeching halt, and though no transformative reversals were made, apologies were handed out to concerned or affected families.
The government, as well as the country at large, (still affected by the food shortage), entered an unprecedented period of upheaval and unrest...