The team met for the first time as a unit on a Tuesday morning in the guild auxiliary briefing room that Yuna had booked under the designation 'specialized consultation,' which was vague enough to avoid scrutiny and accurate enough to survive it if anyone checked. Six people. Yuna was at the front of the room with the quiet composure of someone who had already mapped every exit and assessed every person in it before sitting down.
Cael was at the table as well, still getting used to being the reason things happened rather than the person carrying things to where they happened. Jiso was beside him, looking around the room with an expression of open curiosity that Cael had always found either endearing or exhausting, depending on the day. Minho was against the wall. Darae, with her arms cro
