Eon and Val walked in silence, keeping a little distance from each other. They are separated by at least three steps, Valian now and then retreats whenever he tries to close the distance and get closer to her.

More than an hour passed since they moved out of the house, but no one spoke first. Short phrases specifying the direction of movement do not count. She occasionally flinches at the impulse responses emitted from some of the still-working khailts [1] .

“They should have been discharged by now,” she said with some bewilderment.

-I recharged them and partially reconfigured them for myself, you know it won’t work completely, - Eon...