[Bet you didn't expect to turn a corner and just see Zero standing there, huh. Almost as casually as running into him somewhere in the Resistance base, or something.

Zero, himself in the middle of patrolling the hallways, blinked and frozen in place. He'd been seeing a lot of familiar faces lately, but this was one he hadn't expected. Wasn't she... wasn't she supposed to be in Area 0, overseeing the human and reploids there? Had something happened?

There was surprise and the smallest hint of unsteadiness in his voice.]

Ciel...