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2024-10-29 19:42:56Trying to act natural for not just one but two high-stakes audiences, both Lucas and Jonathan somehow manage to do sufficiently convincing jobs of it.
As Lucas is leading the group over to the nearest service bot, the front doors for the lobby swing open.
Freezing in place, he deliberates if it would seem notably odd to the live-stream viewers for him to turn around to look and see who just entered. After a few short seconds, he errs on the side of solidifying an excuse for realizing Mikah is there. He figures there's not much use worrying about what people that aren't even there might think, and he's rapidly running out of available time to make this decision in.
Coming to a similar conclusion, Jonathan also turns around to look, nearly in unison with Lucas. Oh well f
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