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Lor was speechless.
Lyra stepped back away from Zane’s Star Brain screen.
Zane quickly diverted his gaze from the top of her hair.
As she moved away, the faint sweet scent clinging to her faded.
“Ms. Kaelin p>
Lyra typed, “Next time, bring issues like this straight to me p>
She turned her back toward him.
“You are my people now. No one gets to reprimand you behind my back p>
Zane stared at her retreating figure.
Those words my people echoed inside his head, soft as silk, gently coiling tight around his heart.
“Would you like to head out for a stroll, Ms. Kaelin?” He hurried after her.
Lyra held up her Star Brain, filming as she walked. No one knew exactly who she was sending it to.
“Not really in the mood for sightseeing. Just wandering the nearby grounds p>
“Understood p>
She spun in circles. holding up her recording device, much like elderly tourists back on Earth, capturing Nevery flower and patch of greenery.
The members of the Drifting Cloud Squad stepped back behind her so they would not block her shot.
From a distance, they looked like a long trailing line of followers in some silly playground chase game.
Zane stood where he was, watching her with a soft smile.
Lyra, busy recording video, caught him in the frame.
When she finished circling, she hit save.
She glanced at the line of young, handsome Sentinels behind her, curious.
“How old are all of you p>
At the Guide asking their ages, the young men’s eyes lit up. Voices tumbled over one another.
“Seventeen p>
“Eighteen p>
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“Twenty p>
Nineteen!
“I’m nineteen too p>
Every one of them hovered right around twenty years old.
“So young,” Lyra said in surprise.
A young man with a pointed chin and delicate features stepped forward.
“We may be young, but our combat skill is top-tier. Our fighting rankings consistently land within the top
ten p>
Lyra nodded with a gentle smile, looking at them like a kind elder.
“I remember Core Prime has a military academy for Sentinels. Did you graduate early from there p>
Disdain flickered across another boy’s face. “We never needed to attend that place p>
Lyra typed, “Why not p>
Zane explained, “That school is mostly for people who have only recently awakened their powers, lower- rank recruits p>
Lyra raised an eyebrow. “So all of you are exceptionally strong p>
The delicate young man nodded hard.
“Absolutely. When we first awakened, we were all Tier-A. We went straight into the Sentinel army for hands- on field training p>
Lyra typed, “What now p>
“Tier-S, all of us. Our captain is Tier-2S,” he answered.
“We hold off on high-merit-point assignments, though. We’re afraid our contamination values will spike, so our ranks have been stuck for quite a while p>
Lyra nodded. Once confined inside Black Spire, even reaching Tier-35 meant very little. Playing it safe made perfect sense.
“Are your contamination readings running high p>
Zane gave a solemn nod.
“They started out with immense raw power, and being young, they grew overconfident. Back then, they pushed themselves too hard. Their contamination values hovered constantly near the danger threshold.
“They rely on daily suppressant injections just to stay within safe limits p>
“Please don’t be scared of us,” the delicate young man said nervously. “We keep ourselves under control. We always wear our monitoring bands. The second we sense something off, we activate them. We would never
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put you in sudden danger p>
had seen plenty of those monitoring bands inside Black Spire. They reacted whenever a Sentinel’s emotions spiked, automatically injecting fast-acting sedatives directly under the skin.
Lyra patted his shoulder and gave him a reassuring smile.
“It’s fine. With me around, you won’t need to worry about contätination values anymore p>
Up close, hit by the warmth of the Guide’s smile and her touch, Mien froze completely, his mind going blank.
…The Guide not only smiled at him, she touched him too…
A strange tingly warmth spread across his whole body. His heart hammered wildly inside his chest.
The next instant, a low hum roared inside Mien’s ears.
It sounded like a train blaring its horn right before departure, as if scalding steam would blow straight through his skull.
Heat flooded his entire head. Something warm trickled down his upper lip.
Lyra’s brows drew tight. She stared in shock as blood began streaming from the boy’s nose.
Well…
She glanced over toward Zane.
Zane’s expression turned dark. He forced a strained smile and signaled one of the other squad members forward.
The man gave Mien a sharp clap on the shoulder, snapping him back to reality.
Mien blinked, dazed. He looked at Lyra, who watched over him with concern, then at his stone-faced captain.
His teammates stood nearby, some clenching their jaws, others barely holding back laughter.
He noticed Lyra pointing toward his own face and finally felt something ticklish on his upper lip.
He lifted his hand and touched it.
Bright red blood stained his fingertips. Mien froze all over again.
“Here p>
A clean white tissue was held out toward him.
Mien stared blankly at Lyra, mechanically reaching out to take it.
He just held it, not wiping the blood away, his gaze glassy and unfocused.
Zane could not bear watching any longer. He gestured, and two teammates spun Mien around, forcing him
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to face away from Lyra.
What an embarrassment, making a fool of himself right in front of the Guide.
“My apologies for that, Ms. Kaelin.” Zane said.
Lyra looked toward the young man’s back. “Is he all right p>
Zane struggled to maintain his polite smile. “He’s fine. Young men get overheated easily; it happens p>
Lyra typed, “Maybe he should get checked over. You are not ordinary people, and contamination levels are a factor. Better safe than sorry p>
Zane nodded and ordered two squad members to take Mien away immediately.
The pair dragged him off, grinding their teeth, mortified by the whole awkward scene.
Even as he was pulled along, Mien kept staring back toward Lyra like a statue.
Lyra frowned slightly.
He had seemed sharp-witted a few minutes ago. How had he turned so silly all of a sudden?
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