For a few moments, she remained in that position, hovering over him, looking at him one last time. In her hand was a long stretch of white cloth. Ironically, Tayshaun had bought it at the tuck shop- hoping to use it to package his prize.
She spread it across his corpse, tucking it in at the edges, and rolling him into it.
"Uhm Ni Yang, could you help me with this?"
No answer.
"Ni Yang?" she called again.
Still silence.
A little nervous, and slightly alarmed, she snapped her head backwards- swinging her red curls as she trained her eyes in his direction.
It turned out Nexus was lost in a whole other thing.
Behind her, under the humongous mountain of black furry flesh, just beneath the pile of legs, Nexus was gazing upon a glowing golden orb shone through. It was shinning with a pulsating glow- dimming and brightening as though it was- alive?