Paige had clutched onto Meier as if he were a stuffed animal, first using him to pour her tears into, then cuddling him while falling asleep from the exhaustion.
Meier couldn't have been happier if her arm wasn't around his neck, strangling him half to death. Still, he accommodated his big sister and tried to survive without waking her up, falling asleep as well on the small bed.
However, both of them woke up because some dust trickled on their faces.
"What's going on?" Paige asked while wiping her drool away, at the same time, taking her arm out of the neck hold she had imprisoned Meier in unintentionally.
"Hm?" Meier blinked a few times, having gotten some of the dust in his eye.
Both were fully awake the next moment, when they heard a deafening 'BOOM' and felt the whole bunker shook, more dust and particles coming down from the ceiling.
