*Tic* *Tac* *Tic* *Tac*
The silence on the bridge of the Dark Arrow had an echo only those waiting for the countdown to reach its end were hearing.
The brown giant outside had had an almost illusory blur covering it before, but it was looking clearer and clearer, showing a difference that could have been missed without the contrast.
The only one with a less composed temperament was breathing with a more chaotic rhythm than before, as the time drew close. From one hour to half an hour. From half an hour to a quarter of an hour.
Lucas looked amusedly at Hannah, before he returned to looking outside. As for Estrella, the chief scientist of the Dark Arrow, Lucas really marveled at her education and at her willingness to turn her brain into a scientist's brain.
He tilted his head and remembered his time back in school. Things had been easy, but then… Well, they remained easy, but some things made him lose the motivation to keep trying.
