Chapter 38: Break-In: Successful
"Alright, let’s get to work." The moment the words left Tag’s mouth, every Vigilant moved into position with practiced precision.
Even the sleeping Juno had woken up. He was currently walking towards his work station and although the strings of his hood were still tightly pulled to cover his entire face, he knew exactly where he was going.
....Well, he knew the general direction of it, but actually navigating there was another story.
As expected, he veered off course and promptly crashed into Nico’s desk, sending her monitor tumbling with a loud thud.
But before it could reach the ground, Nico’s hand shot out quicker than anyone’s eyes could follow and caught the falling monitor.
Juno paused mid-step, then slowly turned his hooded head toward her—though it was impossible to tell if he was actually looking at her.
"...Sorry," came his muffled voice, barely audible under the fabric.
"It’s fine," she replied with a smile as she set her monitor back up, "just take two steps to your left and that’s your desk."
Anyone else, especially Silky, would’ve chewed Juno out, but Nico was Nico. There was hardly a time they had seen her mad in all their three years of working together.
Juno grunted in acknowledgment and shuffled sideways like a ghost at a funeral, eventually bumping into the corner of his own desk.
He slid into the seat without further incident, pulling his hood even lower like a turtle retreating into its shell.