The base was quieter than usual.
No one spoke as Myles stepped into the operations room once again.
His expression alone was enough to keep everyone silent.
Tania was already there.
She sat alone near one of the empty tables, hands folded neatly on her lap, waiting without impatience.
Myles walked over.
Without a word, he placed a folded umbrella on the table between them.
"This belonged to Blake."
Myles' voice was flat.
Tania looked up, and nodded once.
Slowly, she picked up the umbrella with both hands.
Unlike everyone else in the room, she wasn't looking at it, she even closed her eyes.
Then, she brought it closer to her face and inhaled gently.
Alexis watched from across the room with folded arms.
"Every time she does this, it looks so ridiculous."
Zlatan chuckled, while Estelle and Myles ignored him.
Half-alien hybrids occasionally inherited unusual traits from the alien half of their lineage.
