Prickling heat, and a dead air weather. It could not get any more bothersome and arduous than this, could it? Miko paced out of their exhausted, nature-beaten black car and strode towards the standing and staring locals on that dust-hoarding ground that emanated tingling fieriness. He raised his hand in the sky and waved towards them with a smile. Just a guy in a dark-colored suit wearing aviator sunglasses. Before they got out of the car, they had already taken off their ties to at least make them breathe in that burning weather. What was important were the suits they had. The jackets. To hide the guns. And be a bit starker to the locals… more credible. Aden breathed, and exhaled, letting out a slightly-irritated gust of wind as the volant sun in the undesirable clear blue sky above them tried to pierce his eyes and tickle his vision through his own sunglasses.
Aden couldn’t smile, but at least Lyle did, joining Miko in whatever he was attempting. He flapped his
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