14: REVEAL

“...there can be found among their number, upgrades to their equipment. One such example are suits modeled after exoskeletons, worn by a select few...It represents the pinnacle of clandestine innovation. These remarkable attires could boast, to name the least, adaptive camouflage capabilities, enhanced strength and agility augmentation, integrated life support and medical systems, advanced sensors and threat detection.”

{I.H EBUKA, THE WARDEN'S COMPENDIUM}

7.42 AM, ROUTE 9, LEADING OUT OF NODERYN. RADALTHRA IS DUE NORTH.

The sun was just beginning to rise in the horizon when the screen on Neon's mobike flashed green. The caller ID read 'Norrie.'

"Well you look like shit," she said when he connected the call.

She was already in her blue coat and her hair, tied back in a prim ponytail, was being whipped about by the wind.

"Where are you?" He asked.

"Rooftop. It's a bit noisy down there in the office. What you got?"

"You were right," he said, "There wasn't an Arkeian."