"Can you not call me that?"
Everlearn said, watching her grin.
"What's wrong? Got tired of being a rat?" she asked, and he rolled his eyes.
"I was never one in the first place."
"You know you are."
Winning an argument with Kiara would be impossible.
She was stubborn in action, just as she was in her thinking.
"Whatever you say," he mused beneath his breath, reaching for his purple card.
He was about to slide it over the scanner when,
"Your Mech Module…" she called, and he paused.
"I never saw it at all the last time, and even without it, you were able to knock out six Mid-grade W-Corers,"
Kiara said, tilting her head to the side to look at his back.
He hummed silently, faintly turning to look at her.
"And?" he asked.
"Your Bionic Fluids. You didn't get them from the school, did you?"
Though five days had passed since then, Kiara was still numbed by what had happened that day.
