As the man said that, he staggered back, staring at the lady. She was looking at the device in her hand, and her eyes were shaking.
"It really is, isn't it?"
The man trembled. I couldn't tell if it was excitement or fear.
"What are you doing standing around like that? Go get the Colonel. Now!"
The lady flinched.
"Y—Yes!!"
She bolted, clearly not ready for such sudden movement, because she staggered and nearly fell before catching the doorknob and wrenching it open. The door slammed behind her, and the sound echoed through the stone corridor like a gunshot.
I stood there, dumbfounded.
These two had been perfectly composed when they were strapping wires to my body and poking at my essence not two minutes ago. Now one of them had nearly broken her ankle running out of the room and the other looked like he had seen a ghost.
