I slumped back into my private gaming chair right after dinner, scrolling the forums on autopilot. Threads about raids, market prices, drama between guilds… all white noise, and I sighed.
The Null Shepherd thing? Honestly, I didn't care anymore, it was just something that happened in game and I'm more than happy if it blew through without anything coming out of it.
Eirlys confirmed it was a mess on her end to untangle, and I'm not trustworthy enough to touch the source code (which, bright idea by her, I'm going to do so much tomfoolery in there) so she practically let me go after that conversation, and that was good enough for me.
Just as I was about to go masturbate, I heard the door knocked thrice right on schedule…
Ah, yeah, I almost forgot it's 10PM.
Every night just before bedtime, or around 22:00, the maids would change bedsheets as their last duty.
"Come in."