The clock continued to tick behind them, and the ministers—who had run to the area—started to feel strange. Kace and the rest were still not in their optimum states, but they had finished reporting their inputs for the exploration. Gianna had also given her report while Laquisha decided to wait for Noah to rise and join them. It's just that… it was already half-past one.
Kennedy took another look at his watch. The ministers were not people who were made to wait by everyone else, but there they were, waiting for a person to show up. It had been two hours, and even Alessa sighed at the suffocating atmosphere. Isla was busy with her encoding—just as busy as Theresa. Their fingers ticking on the keyboards of their devices were the only noises in the dining hall aside from the clock.
