[ if it weren't a situation that requires stealth, lumine would've told ajax to leave. this isn't his problem, after all, but hers and aether's, the employees their responsibility. but as it stands, she has to deal with ajax tagging along with her, pressed close to her as they listen to the conversations happening down the hall.

lumine tries to focus on the voices, fighting the urge to push his face away as she peers down the hallway from behind a wall. but again, not the time. ]

Claire said a group of men suddenly showed up after the explosions in the server room. They tried to go into my and Aether's office but a few of the guys tried to fight them off ...

[ but they were taken, claire tearfully told her, easily outmatched. she tries not to imagine the worst, but lumine can't help it, her chest tightening. ]

... I have to help them.