"W-What?! It's not like I have a choice, okay?! If I take out my wings, everyone will see us!" She shot back, her cheeks flushing faintly.
She wasn't wrong. Her beautiful, green butterfly-like wings glowed brightly whenever she used them, making her incredibly conspicuous in the darkness.
"And by the way," Ys added indignantly, "why didn't you activate the emergency lights?"
"It's not that I didn't want to," Cleo replied coolly, her focus still on navigating the floating chaos of the mall while carrying Sharon.
"The emergency battery system was either disabled or destroyed. Activating it remotely is impossible until we figure out what caused the failure."
Sharon, still being carried like a princess, frowned, her green eyes darting between Cleo and Ys.
"What do you mean, 'disabled or destroyed'?" Ys asked
