"Now. Resources," Nyx said, shifting instantly back to business. Her headset pinged softly as she summoned a cascade of holographic inventory screens.
Zen crossed his arms. "I was about to bring that up."
"I know," Nyx said. "I ran the diagnostics on your mana signature the moment you stepped off the train." She swiped an inventory screen away with disgust. "D-Rank marrow-cleansing pills and a stabilization array would take weeks. I am not interested in weeks."
"I will have a cultivation chamber prepared for you immediately," Nyx said, stepping beside him and gesturing at the floating manifests. "C-Rank liquid mana, refined void-lotus extract, and a resonance array calibrated to your pre-Singularity core frequency."
She glanced at him with the expression of someone who has been waiting centuries to make exactly this offer. "Let me show you exactly how much better I am at providing for you than she is."
Ten minutes later, Zen was standing in the center of his new quarters.
