FIA
And just like that the trauma was put on pause again and I was outside of the elder circle building.
I stood still for a minute. Drinking it all in. I had been so close. So fucking close.
When I looked back at the circle building again, I saw a sentinel approach me. He held out his hand without a word. It was as professional and as detached as he could manage.
I pulled the phone from my pocket again. The screen was still warm from my grip. I unlocked it and navigated back to the audio file. My thumb hovered over the share button for a second before I tapped it.
"I'll send it to the council's secure server," the sentinel said.
I nodded as I watched the file transfer. The loading bar crept across the screen with agonizing slowness. When it finished, the sentinel pocketed his own device and turned without another word. His footsteps echoed as he walked back toward the elders' chambers.
