Under his hat, both of Nexus' eyes dimmed;
"There's a bounty on her head?" he asked- with a hint of emotion- for the first time.
The girl seemed to have picked up on that.
So, she slowly lifted up her slumped head- angling her gaze directly at him;
"Yes." she echoed; "Her name came up- obviously."
Nexus was much too aggrieved to care about the biting sarcasm in her last words.
Muscles tense, and eyes flipping wildly, he stepped back and took a moment to himself.
'This isn't good. . .this isn't good at all. . .who knew the pharmaceutical business could be so cutthroat? Are ther–'
Suddenly, another thought- completely different jolted through his mind- instantly, his head jerked up- darkening the hollow of his eyes;
'THE HOWARDS?!' his chin dropped in dismay; 'Could they–? Did they–?'
Nexus' hands balled into fists by his side- reflecting his raging thoughts.
Jumping to conclusions wasn't his thing.
