13 Meimi
6:13AM
Things are getting awkward between me and Professor Conway.
Again.
The headmaster keeps standing stone-still, his ice-blue eyes staring at me from under tufty brows. Guess he didn’t like the whole I’m ruining your plan to invade Umbra conversation.
Tough.
I side step toward the elevator bank. Rakki follows. For once, my little spider bot doesn’t beep or make click-clack noises as his metal legs hit the floor.
“Catch you later,” I state.
Professor Conway’s glare turns even more intense. It really feels like I’m supposed to say something else here.
I give him a half-hearted wave. “It was nice to meet you.”
Thankfully, the elevator doors part and Professor Pattergee strides in. She wears a white lab coat with her black hair neatly wound into a bun at the base of her
