𝘖𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘥. 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩. 𝘟 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘡𝘦𝘳𝘰'𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.
“. . .” Although Zero didn’t respond to X, a hint of concern crossed his face as he glanced at his best friend. X was clearly growing more and more exhausted from the energy he’d expended not only during this mission, but the ones that had come before it.