Cipher came out of the studio. It had been just an hour, but he felt like it had been days.
He was so worn out.
Selene caught up to him. "Oh, there you are. You need to get ready," she said. She held his chin and inspected him. "Your makeup looks fine, but a little patch-up won't hurt."
"What? There's more?" he asked.
"What do you mean? That was just the first one. We had so much lined up before you pushed it back, and even more stuff has been piling up," she explained. "Now you have to appear on Prime Time, then there's the Association press conference, the photo shoot for the promotional materials, the meeting with the sponsors, and the recorded interview for the international broadcast..."
As she listed them, his energy dropped more and more until he just stared lifelessly as Selene dragged him away.
