บท 124: 24.2 Reset?

I could almost hear a pin drop at how silent the bridge had become. The beeps and boops of the machinery and tools around us filled the air as we all seemed to wait for someone... anyone... to speak and break this spell that descended upon us...

"Huh? You hiding things from us, stranger?"

Surprisingly, it was Shen that broke the silence as she walked up to me and glared at me like the child that she was. In fact, she actually looked kind of cute as she gave me the best stink eye I've ever seen a kid give me. And that included kids that tried their best to scare me off back when I needed to draw blood from them.

"Well, aren't everyone entitled to their own secrets?" I coolly replied, doing my best to hide the anxiety I was feeling with a forced smile. "You've all got secrets, and I've got mine. Isn't that just fair?"