The drive back from the Skeleton Coast felt less like a commute and more like driving through a corrupted save file.
Rin gripped the wheel of the stolen truck, his eyes scanning the road which occasionally flickered out of existence, revealing a wireframe void underneath before snapping back to asphalt.
"The draw distance is terrible," Tayo muttered from the backseat, watching a mountain range pop into existence on the horizon.
"Stop critiquing the apocalypse," Joy said, cleaning her plasma rifle with a rag. "It's depressing."
In the passenger seat, Leo sat perfectly still. He didn't breathe, didn't blink, didn't shift his weight. The Aegis suit hummed, a sound barely audible over the truck's diesel engine, like a high-end gaming PC running ultra settings.
"You okay in there?" Rin asked.
The suit's faceplate slid open with a soft hydraulic hiss. Leo's face looked normal, but his eyes were glowing with a faint blue telemetry overlay.
