The window shade was already down by the time the plane levelled out.
Leo had pulled it shut almost as soon as they got into the air.
If he was going to spend the next couple of hours in a metal tube, he might as well try to sleep through it.
Unfortunately, sleep wasn't interested.
He shifted slightly in his seat and glanced across at Carlo in the pod beside his, who was out cold with his arms folded across his body and head tilted back.
"He could have at least shut his partition," Leo said as he tried to shut his before stopping a second later.
"Carlo," he said after a second, but no response came.
"Carlo," he said again and this time, the latter's head moved slightly.
"Are we the only ones going from the group?"
At that, a single eye opened.
Carlo looked at him for a few seconds, clearly deciding whether the question justified being awake before sighing and then nestling further into his seat.
"I spoke to Udogie yesterday," he said eventually.
"After your call."
