They kept walking through the halls of the base, the polished floor reflecting faint blue-white light from the overhead panels.
The corridor stretched long and straight and ending at a heavy reinforced door marked with an engraved brass nameplate: General Lennard - Strategic Command.
They stopped. Adrien raised a hand and knocked once.
"Come in." A voice from within answered, firm and precise.
The door swung open and as Erend and Adrien stepped inside, General Lennard looked up from his desk.
The instant he saw the two of them entering together, his eyes narrowed, and he let out a quiet sigh. That kind of sigh meant he already knew this wasn't going to be a meeting of a new big problem.
He leaned back slightly in his chair, rubbing the bridge of his nose. "You two walking here together. That's never a good sign."
Erend and Adrien stepped forward and sat in the chairs across from the desk. Their expressions were serious.
