The light was returning on the west side of Ouroboros.
Some thought that getting up soon was crucial to have a productive day.
Eric was contradicting the social norms, as usual, even in this context.
Already in the past, as a respected executive on Earth and hero on Ouroboros, he always preferred the idea of working regardless of the time of the day.
He wasn't a workaholic in the slightest.
On the contrary, his mind always tried to optimize his actions in order to minimize his efforts while contemporarily maximizing his results.
Efficiency was the name of the game.
It didn't matter the topic it was applied to: it just happened that, in this case, the darkness of the night was the best tool to reduce their visibility for this kind of under-the-table plan.
He didn't need or even want to have the possibility of being traced by external forces, like the Adventurer Guild, just after helping as an accomplice in Shark's assassination.
