Alvin and the others learned in the Basement that Chief George had done something...
Facing an old cop who had completely thrown caution to the wind, Dr. Yinsen and the others grew increasingly anxious under the pressure...
Alvin, on the other hand, had become completely calm in the face of a situation with no way out...
The anxiety and irritability he'd felt just a few hours earlier seemed to have vanished!
After all, Alvin was different from Dr. Yinsen and the others. He couldn't help at all with finding an antidote.
It wasn't an exaggeration to say that the school's "Basement" now held the finest minds and most advanced resources in all of America.
If they couldn't solve this, then the tragedy was unavoidable!
Since the worst-case scenario was already foreseeable, Alvin felt there was little point in negative emotions when everyone was working toward an uncertain outcome!
Because when you and everyone else had done your best, there was no one left to blame!
At times like that, you should be a little kinder to yourself!
That was the most profound lesson Alvin had learned over two lifetimes...
A lot of people liked to use "go with the flow," a piece of advice that sounded wise but was really rather vague, to brush off life's hardships and obstacles!
Yet few people admitted that truly "going with the flow" meant not forcing an outcome after you'd done everything you could!
I know I'll do my best!
I've done everything I can think of, everything I can do...
If things don't turn out the way I hoped, I won't blame myself too much!
I'll put down my burdens and move forward again, chasing new bright spots in life!
That isn't being "heartless." It's the kind of clear-eyed acceptance that comes from