Riven nearly followed her items to the ground, catching herself just in time before sending a furious glare at Rae. Rae merely laughed, patting Riven's lush black hair. "You're being overly rude to our new awesome buddies," she chided playfully.
At that, Riven seemed to snap out of her focused trance. A blush crept up her neck and onto her cheeks as she realized the truth of Rae's words. She quickly stammered out an apology.
"I'm so sorry…" she mumbled, bending down to retrieve her fallen glasses and tablet. "I… I was just trying to figure out what sort of inner mechanism the Association was hiding in that outer turret of theirs."
Nyx and Aria spoke up at once, voices overlapping with bright curiosity.
"Wait, wait! Did you find something?"
"We've been wondering about the bunker's weird defenses, too!"
