Anthony touched his forehead where Vega had kissed him, his sky-blue eyes slowly shifting to the exact position she had occupied just a few moments ago, his mind drifting as a quiet stillness settled over him, one that felt both heavy and strangely empty.
"Friends, huh?" he murmured to himself out loud as he lay there without moving, his voice low, almost absent, as though he was speaking more to his thoughts than to the world around him.
Of course, he had a few friends, he could simply call upon Dale, Reynold, and Seraphim, but he didn't. Just like Kingsley, he had already swept his presence for them, not just on his Island, but throughout the entire Military Base, which was this whole planet, and they were not here, meaning they were out on a mission somewhere on a different planet, far beyond his immediate reach.
