Chapter 88: Plaque

Returning to Aetherpeak was slightly strange. The news of the war had not seemed to spread here yet, though Nero expected it would be only a few hours at most before that changed. It was early in the day, Nero literally hadn't even had breakfast yet, but people were still out and about.

There were the ever present police patrols - those never really stopped no matter the time or day. But as they drove deeper into the city, more and more pedestrians were visible. Almost everyone was walking with a sense of urgency, probably because it was not so early that offices had not opened yet. Many of the people on the road were probably late for work.