Armand's wish came partly true. While the monsters that surfaced were small, there wasn't just one of them. The three rats made their way down the hall in a tightly-packed group, mouths dripping with saliva and yellowed claws clattering against the floor as they approached the two patients.

Like all of the creatures that resembled animals and served as monsters here at the institute, the rodents were far larger than they should have been, and their eyes glowed in a way that would probably come across as exaggerated.

But it was all very real - their hunger was very real.