The Captain has been strange recently.
Not the kind of strange that comes from exhaustion. If you wanted to see that, you merely needed to walk out into the streets.
There were countless civilians acting strange from exhaustion.
It wasn't the kind of strange from stress either.
It was something else.
At first, no one noticed.
Captain Miki had always been intense. You felt like you had to be absolutely serious and focused in front of her, that one mistake would cause her to start scolding you.
But now…
Captain Miki was flinching.
Not often, not dramatically. Just occasionally.
When doors open behind her, footsteps of those in a rush approaching too quickly.
Someone calling her name outside her line of sight.
Each time, her body would react before her mind could.
Once, she nearly struck a messenger who appeared from her blind side.
She had almost summoned her spear but managed to stop herself.
Captain Miki apologised. Embarrassed, unsettled.
