Had it been any other day, Xavier—his absurdly efficient husband—would've already reached their destination by now.
Instead, Luca found themselves moving at a pace so slow that even D-29 had time to worry.
"Host, do you think there's insurance for this?" D-29 asked worriedly, much to the utter despair of one exasperated guardian mecha who'd repeatedly told the unruly system to stop inventing ridiculous hypotheses and feeding them to their already frazzled master.
But as if it had long practiced in front of a non-existent mirror, the system readily fired back with, "You say that as if you didn't witness what arguments between spouses can look like! Have you already forgotten all those master mechanics?"
It was merely a conversation between those who shared the same sea of consciousness, but to the very person it concerned, it served as more than enough of a reminder.
...Right.
