Once Vorden was well out of Hilston's sight, he began panting heavily, holding his head tightly.
"Does he know? Does he KNOW?!" Raten yelled in their mind.
"I don't know!" Vorden mentally shot back.
"That wasn't natural at all, idiot, you practically gave us away!"
"Could you have done better?!" Vorden retorted, pointing at him in their mental space, "YOU try coming up with a lie with him around!"
"He's going to attack us at any second now, just watch," Raten said, staring at Vorden's vision in the outside world, but despite waiting a very tense minute, nothing happened.
"… He's probably going to show up later, just to prove a point," Raten whispered.
"… We're fine," Vorden whispered back, trying to take in deep breaths, "We're fine. Let's just continue with our plan. If he knew then he would've done something by now."
