I slept off—for the first time in a while—thinking of Dawn. I woke up to the grey light that came through the window. It was another day I couldn't be with her. I remembered the folder that was under my bed, that creature had told me to meet it in four days in that dark street. I was looking forward to that as well as anticipating when next I'd see Dawn.
I heard a soft knock on the door.
"Who is it?" I asked.
"Tia," She said.
"It's not locked," I said.
She twisted the knob from the other side and stepped in. She wore a blue tee shirt, something I had never seen her in, but still wore her usual joggers and sneakers.
"No patrol?" I asked her.
"It's a new environment, we don't handle the patrols in this area," She said.
"Oh."
"Well, Jhan wants to start training you," She said, "he sa
