"Good. The mark is Nora. . ." her face remained the same, focused, determined and attentive; "I can't get into the details right now. But just know that she's not as tough as she's cracked up to be. So, I need to know that you'll always be there to have her back?"
Crystal promptly nodded, reflecting the exact level of compliance Nexus required at the moment;
"I won't let her out of my sight."
She was a professional. No questions asked. No excuses given. Nexus relaxed;
"Good. I'll be on my way back to the fort. But the last time I saw her was in an alleyway in the market place."
Crystal complied with immediate alarcrity. Without even waiting for anything else, she dove heels first in the direction he had laid out for her. She sprang forward, sprinting with the determination of a hell hound. Her bags of luxury clothes, bopped by her sides, bouncing with every stride she hit.
Watching her go, Nexus knew she would definitely not fail him.
