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// Chapter 21: Soul Wavelength and Ice Cream 
// Story: Equestria’s White Fang 
// by Garnet Naturea 
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I grunt in mild pain as I fail to block a punch from Ruby, the young huntress not letting me rest as she continued her onslaught of attacks. It was about two days after my date with Penny, and thus far, despite Qrow, Oscar and Ruby still being shocked by it, everyone accepted that Penny and I were trying to be together together now. Of course since we are both completely in the dark about these kinds of relationships, we haven’t really done anything differently. Just the extra display of affection every now and then, but that’s it.

Anyways, I decided I wanted to see how Ruby and Oscar have been keeping up in their training, so we decided to all come together today to have a training day. First off was one I knew Ruby would need a little work with, hand-to-hand combat. And so far I am impressed. She isn’t on the same level as say Rainbow, but she is very fast and has learned to implement plenty of feints into her techniques.

With a quiet growl I lean right to avoid the huntress foot and grab her shin, pulling and tossing her over my shoulder and onto the ground. She hits the ground with a painful grunt.

“Ow.” She says weakly, rubbing her back. I laugh a little and offer her a hand up. 

“I have to say I’m impressed Ruby. You have gotten a hell of a lot better at hand-to-hand than you were back in Remnant.” I compliment, helping the huntress to her feet. 

“Thanks, it was thanks to Applejack giving me a couple pointers. Who knew some farmers would have taken their own self defence classes?” She says with a laugh, wincing slightly and stretching her back. I laugh a little as I turn and see Oscar and Penny going back and forth in their own match. The two of us just rest and watch for a little while before Penny manages to put Oscar in a headlock.

“Ok, uncle uncle!” The farmboy says, Penny letting go and letting him fall to the ground, catching his breath. I laugh a little as we walk over, patting my girlfriend on the back. 

“Nice one Penny. Now Oscar, what did you take from this?” I question the young wizard.

“To keep an eye on my opponents movements as a whole and not just their feet or arms.” He recites in a tired tone, resting for a second more before flipping to his feet. 

“And to make sure to study your opponent during the fight, instead of focusing solely on defence or offence.” Pyrrha adds, coming over alongside RD. I nod with a smile before checking my scroll, seeing it was only around ten. 

“Alright, I think that’s enough hand-to-hand for now. Any suggestions on what to do next before lunch?” I question, Penny and Rainbow raising hands.

“How about aura and semblance training?” They suggest together. I laugh a little as the duo look to one another in confusion before nodding, heading over to the area closer to the small steam. Each of us found a spot to sit down near the river and got ready in the one thing Rainbow has always had trouble with. 

Meditation.

Each of us took our spots and took some deep breaths, trying to focus our minds and drown out the noises of the world around us. I stopped after a minute to look at the others to see how they are doing. Ruby, Pyrrha and Oscar each have their auras coverring them, going over their bodies calmly as I expected. Penny also had her aura covering her, as well as some sparks of electricity dancing around her. 

Rainbow though, looked to be straining to focus, clearly not used to being still for extended periods of time. Makes sense, apparently Pegasi are naturally hyper and prefer moving as opposed to staying still, Fluttershy being an exception.

“Rainbow you need to stop trying to force it. Just calm down, open your mind and let it flow.” I try and explain, the Pegasus eventually groaning and falling on her back for a minute.

“Forget this I’m going crazy!” Yells the mare before she flipped up and began to do some squats.

“Uh, what are you doing? Meditation is all about focus and staying still.” Oscar says.

“Well I think I’m an exception. I’m hotheaded and hyper, so I can only really focus when I am moving around a lot.” She replies.

“Hmm, I suppose that could be a possibility.” Pyrrha admits as we watch for a minute before we see a cerulean aura slowly covering Rainbow. She just give her signature smirk as she sees her aura beginning to cover her.

“Hell yeah! That’s what I’m talking about!” Rainbow cheers, doing a few air flips. The rest of us all laugh a little at her excitement.

“Alright RD chill out. We still have a lot or work to do. You may have begun to control your aura, but you’re still a ways away from unlocking your semblance.” I tell the mare, forcing her back to the ground with my shadow. The others all get back to their mediation, or exercise in Rainbow’s case, while I just watch for a minute. 

It was weird, but lately I have been feeling like there is something I am missing whenever I am meditating with the others. Like there should be something to see, yet there is nothing. Maybe it’s just because of my magic I can sense others souls a little easier. 

Shaking my head, I get back to my own meditation, feeling outward with my soul and feeling as my aura covers me from head to toe. It was odd, but I have always wondered if it was possible to cover someone else with my aura like when Jaune used his to boost Weiss aura after she got hurt. It was an idea I had a couple days ago, and now I had a chance to test it.

Focusing a little harder, I try and connect to those around me, and I actually feel my aura begin to waver and change. Confused, I try and find a focal point to work with, and I eventually find it as I see a green and yellow orb. I somehow knew that that was Penny just from the colouration, and I try to connect with her. At this point I could hear what sounded like wind in my ears, but I ignored it and tried to focus more. Eventually I could feel my aura again, but it’s felt different somehow, and my own soul was wavering as well. I could tell that Penny’s soul was trying to connect, so I give one more push, trying to do anything with our souls. 

“ADAM! PENNY!” I am broken out of my trance as I hear Ruby yelling, looking around in confusion for a second. I then see the scorch marks on the ground around me and Penny, like lightning bolts, and that she I were actually back to back, in spite of being a few feet away from one another when we started.

“W-what just happened?” Penny and I question, shaking our heads.

“Maybe you two could tell us that. You have been sitting there for the last five minute with some kind of spheres pulsating around you and whenever we got close Penny’s lightning sparked out.” Pyrrha says.

“Really?” We reply.  

“Yeah, it was weird. It started out with both of you heaving your own blue spheres, then they changed to red and green respectively. After Penny walked over to you Adam, your spheres looked like they were trying to push back against each other while also trying to merge or something.” Rainbow explains animatedly. While Penny looked confused, I was shocked as that description was very familiar.

“Holy crap we were using a Chain Soul Resonance!” I yell, earning the others attention. 

“Chain Soul Resonance? What is that?” Ruby questions. I shake my head and reel in my excitement for a second.

“Alright, well back on earth there was a show my siblings and I watched called Soul Eater. The whole point it that the Weapon, literal humans who can turn into weapons, and their Meisters, the humans who team up and wield them. Actually I think I have the fifty one episodes downloaded on my scroll.” I mutter before shaking my head again. 

“Anyways, the point is these Meisters and weapon were actually a lot like huntsmen and huntresses. Only they trained and hunted corrupted humans and witches instead of Grimm. They like us had the ability to access and use their souls, but they used it differently. The way it was described is that a soul is like a radio, each soul has their own wavelength that is dependent on their personality. The reason this is important is because a Meister and their weapon could preform something called Soul Resonance. Can you guys guess what it is about?”

It took a bit, but eventually Pyrrha was able to come up with an answer. “They were able to alter their own wavelength to match their partners?” 

“Correct. The way they described it is that the Meister is like an electric guitar and the weapon is an amp. While one can make a strong surge with enough effort on its own, preforming a Resonance would boost their power exponentially and allow for unique and powerful attacks.”

“Ok, but what does that have to do with what you and Penny were doing? From what I can tell, neither of you can turn into weapons.” Ruby states, before getting a faraway look. Probably thinking about how it would feel to become a weapon.

“I was getting to that. Something else they can do is what Penny and I were doing, a Chain Resonance. This is when multiple Meisters and weapons match their wavelengths with one another, dramatically increasing each of their abilities. From what I can tell, Penny and I were actually preforming a Chain Resonance somehow.” 

The others, Oscar/Ozpin in particular, looked intrigued, while Penny was a little shocked. 

“So, that sensation, the one where I was pushing my aura outwards, that was me using my souls resonance to connect to you?” Penny questions, earning a nod from me.

“Pretty much. I was confused when I could sense your soul unlike I could before or why my aura felt different, but now I know why. I was altering my souls wavelength to match yours.” I reply. “Actually, I wanna try something. You mind being my partner?”

Penny nods after a second and we sit cross legged across from each other. The others all step back to let us have some space just as a precaution. Penny and I keep close our eyes and try to do as we did before. After a minute or two I could sense my soul was finished covering me like before, so I try and force it outwards. Once again I feel like my aura is wavering before feeling it move away from me. Opening my eyes to the sound of wind, I see, just like Rainbow said, there was a transparent red orb with a wispy top surrounding me. There was a small burst of wind and I saw Penny had her own soul orb around her.

Penny looked to her orb with an awed smile, before looking to me. With a quick nod, Penny and I focus our souls again, this time trying to properly connect with one another. We both take a breath and try to focus our auras onto one another, and the others watch as the wisps on the top of our orbs slowly reach to one another, slowly wrapping around one another. There was a beat as our souls connect, before the two orbs merge and grow into one large orb, a burst of energy pushing the others back. 

“Wow! That’s awesome!” Ruby yells, the others nodding with her. Though they go silent as Penny and I groan, before the orb bursts like a bubble, sending the two of us flying back a few feet.

“Oh crap!” Rainbow yells as Ruby and Pyrrha check on Penny and Oscar and Rainbow check on me. The two of us were just laying on the ground, panting to regain our breaths.

“Well...I honestly....didn’t expect to....connect with her on the first try.” I say through breaths, Oscar and Rainbow helping me to my feet. “Hey Penny! You ok over there?”

“I’m good! Just....tired!” She calls over, the girls helping her up.

“What just happened? It looked like you two merged your souls, then it just popped like a bubble or something.” Oscar questions.

“Well this kind of thing would require intense focus and practice at first since we have to maintain a balance with our souls. Since it was our first attempt I didn’t expect it to work for more than a second, let alone work at all on the first try.” I explain, my energy coming back to me. 

“That makes sense. After all, you all learned to use your souls and auras in a different manner than what you and Penny just attempted. I am impressed that it even made it that far all things considered.” Ozpin adds. “And to even alter your soul in such a manner. You have quite the flexible aura Adam.” 

“Eh, I am known for going with the flow back home, so I was always adaptable.” I shrug. “Plus I always wondered if there was a way for someone to use their aura in a different manner than just protection or someone’s semblance.” 

“Well either way, I am curious if all of us could do this.” Ozpin wonders, the others nodding. I check my scroll again and see we have only been at it for around ten minutes.

“Well, we got time. Let’s do it.”

Time seemed to pass in a blur as the six of us tried to use our auras and souls. Not all of us were able to connect to one another right off the bat like Penny and I, so we mostly spent our time meditating and trying to understand our wavelengths. Pyrrha and I seemed to have the easiest time with it, almost connecting to each other after twenty minutes, but Oscar was having the most trouble. Makes sense, considering he has two souls, one of which has been around for millennia.

Penny and Ruby were able to connect for about five seconds after an hour had passed, but that was still impressive. I think connecting our souls have to do with our connections to one another. I think Ruby might have an easier time connecting to her family and teammates, same with Pyrrha and her team. 

Rainbow was mostly ‘silent’ throughout the training, merely doing her own thing for the most part. She managed to successfully summon her aura around herself with little issue, but she didn’t seem any closer to unlocking her semblance than Penny, nor was she able to connect to any of us with her soul. 

Before we knew it a couple hours had passed and each of us were starving. Heading into town, we all took a seat at a small cafe a few blocks from the market and got some food for ourselves. 

“I have to admit, as much as I dislike the lack of meat, the meals here in Equestria are likely a lot better for us than the food back in Remnant.” Pyrrha says with a grin, munching on her salad.

“Makes sense. Considering most to all the ingredients in all the food is completely natural without added preservatives and sugars they are naturally better for everyone than anything we had back home. Even the candy at Bon Bon’s Sweet Shop and Sugarcube Corner are healthier than the same stuff we had.” Penny adds, taking a bite out of her grilled cheese.

“I still don’t understand that stuff. I mean, why would you guys put the equivalent of poisons on your food just to prevent bugs from showing up?” Rainbow questions. 

“Don’t look at me Rainbow, my farm was all natural.” Oscar says with a laugh, taking a sip of his coffee. I just laugh along with them, agriculture was never my strong suit in science, so I was mostly as lost as RD was. The six of us just spent our time talking with one another and relaxing from our training this morning. Though, when we left, I could tell that somepony was following us.

I managed to get a few glimpses of them out of the corner of my eye. Earth pony mare, vanilla white fur, pink mane and tail, brown eyes. Wearing a pair of black jeans and a off brown t-shirt under a pink and white jacket. Very short, easily shorter than Ruby and maybe even Oscar, so I thought she was a teenager. For the moment I was ignoring her since the others didn’t seem to notice her presence, but I still kept an eye out.

“Alright, so what training is next?” Ruby questions. I just grin and take off my Ember Celica. 

“Weapon variety training.” I respond, Ruby and Oscar groaning. “Oh be quiet you two, it isn't like I am training you to do the impossible. You need to be able to use any weapon you pick up. It’s fine to have preferences, but it helps to be versatile.”

The duo nod begrudgingly as we all swap weapons. I decided it would be a good idea for each of us to learn to use each other’s weapons, just in case we get disarmed, we wouldn’t be completely helpless or dependant on hand-to-hand. So now Oscar is learning to wield Cresent Rose, Ruby is using Wilt and Blush, I am using Miló and Akoúo̱, Pyrrha’s weapon, and Pyrrha is using Oscar’s cane. Rainbow’s weapon is still being made so she is just watching, and Penny is the only one who can use her swords anyways. That said, the duo are learning to use the Ember Celica so they aren’t just sitting around while we train. 

“Alright, let’s get to it.” 

Once again time seemed to blur by as each of us learned to use one another’s weapons. I seemed to have the easiest time with learning to use Pyrrha’s weapon. It was especially easy since I could emulate her semblance with my magic, levitating the javelin and shield back to me after throwing them. The others though, were having their own problems.

Oscar was mediocre at using Cresent Rose considering he uses a bludgeoning weapon and not a slicing one. Still, Ruby was able to walk him through using it and he managed to learn to swing the thing properly. Though when he tried shooting, he ended up launching himself into a tree. I think he believes it was worth it to see Ruby laughing like she did. 

Ruby was having a little trouble with the Quickdraw part of my fighting style, in that she was able to unsheathe it, but she had trouble putting the sword back in sheathe afterwards. But, she more than made up for it with her speed. Thanks to her semblance she was able to create a bunch of rose pedals as she is unsheathing the sword, hiding it so an opponent wouldn’t know when or where the strike would be coming from. She also didn’t have any problems using the shotgun part. 

Pyrrha was fine for the most part in using Oscars cane, she was just used to having a shield with her, so she stumbled a little bit. Ozpin went over some simple but effective moves with her, emphasizing on speed and maneuvering around to keep an opponent on their toes.

Penny and Rainbow took turns in using the Ember Celica, the duo being well versed in hand-to-hand helping them a lot. Though Rainbow did nearly shoot herself with a tornado shot after the thing jammed. 

Before any of us really realized it a few hours had passed and it was about time for us to wrap up. We went over everything we learned in using each other’s weapons by having a quick sparing session. Myself against Oscar and Ruby against Pyrrha.

I managed to win my fight rather easily since Oscar still isn’t used to using Cresent Rose as I am in using Miló and Akoúo̱, so I told him to imagine the weapon like a pendulum, and to let himself flow with its movements and not try to control it. Pyrrha actually lost her duel against Ruby after she used her Semblance to hide my sword from Pyrrha’s view, letting her get around her and place the sword against Pyrrha’s neck and the shotgun on her back. 

Penny and Rainbow both we exhausted after their own sparing match, the duo using one Ember Celica each. It was a draw between the two of them after they both agreed not to use their magic against each other. Afterward all of us headed back to town, over to Sugarcube Corner to grab some ice cream before turning in for the day.

Once again I kept an eye out, and once again that mare from before was following us once we entered the town. I didn’t know who she was, but I felt like I should. It was at the tip of my tongue, but I just couldn’t place it. For now I ignored her and focused ahead, each of us entering the shop and getting something sweet to bite.

Penny got chocolate mint chip, Pyrrha got orange, Ruby got straight chocolate and Oscar got coffee. Rainbow, oddly got a low fat bubblegum flavour, while I stuck with cookie and cream. The six of us just relaxed in the booth and ate our food in companionable silence. 

Though, once that mare from earlier walked in I kept an eye on her. She didn’t speak, merely giving Mrs.Cake a note and getting a small bowl of Neapolitan ice cream afterwards. After she took a seat at a table nearby she looked up as she was about to take a bite of her ice cream and noticed me. She slowly lowered her spoon and looked towards me, before grinning and closing her eyes. I had to stop myself from reacting when her eyes changed from brown to pink and white like the ice cream in front of her. 

With that, I had a sneaking suspicion I knew who that mare was. For now though, I was silent, eating my own frozen food before we all finished and began to head out. Before leaving the establishment, I glanced back to the mare, who was looking to me with a grin, and mouthed ‘Hill. Sunset.’ With that, I left, heading back home to help get started on dinner.

Later.... 

It was about an hour before sunset and I had a meeting to get to. After dinner was made and eaten, the others all wondered if they could watch Soul Eater on my scroll. I agreed, but only after warning them about the blood, language and the fact most of the females are as big as Yang, which resulted in Pyrrha and Ruby frowning. Though the latter perked up when I mentioned the main character was a scythe wielder. 

I set the show to play in English for them, while also making sure Oscar wasn’t present for some parts of it. He may have a millennium of experience in his head, but he is still fourteen. They watched the first few episodes, noting that Death the Kid sounded a little like Qrow, to which I had to explain their same voice actor.

After that I managed to slip away and headed to the hill just a few minutes away from Applejack’s farm. As a precaution I brought along my weapons, mask and my necklace, just incase this goes south. After a few minutes of walking I made it to the top of the hill, a small bench standing beneath a large tree sitting at the very top. 

With a sigh I walked over to the bench, took a seat, and waited. I was going through everything I knew about the mare in my head, or more accurately, who I thought she was. The more I thought, the more obvious it was. Her colour scheme, her stature, her lack of noises, it just made sense. 

I must have been thinking for longer than I thought, because before I knew it, I could head the grass crunching beneath someone’s hooves. Looking to the path nearby, I saw the short mare walking up towards me, a familiar umbrella held in her hands. She stopped a few feet from me, grinning in a very familiar way.

“How about you drop the disguise. I would prefer to talk to the actual you...Neo.”

She nods after a second, sparkling energy appearing at her hooves before climbing up, revealing a very familiar human, though, she had changed since I had last seen her on screen. She was wearing a brown jacket that ends just below her shoulders and above her chest and has pink trimmings on top and is pink on the inside, two brown belt shoulder straps, a gray scarf similar to Roman's, and a vest, gloves, a belt, pants and heeled shoes of a matching white color. She also had a familiar bowler hat that looks to have been damaged slightly if the tears on the rim are any indication. She’s also let her hair grow a bit as it now reaches her waist.

The two of us just stay there, looking one another over, before I sigh and take off my mask, Neo’s eyes widening slightly as she sees my eyes.

“So, how long have you been in Equestria?” I question. Neo just smiles and points to her lips. “Huh, looks like all the rumours were true after all. You’re mute aren’t you?”

She tilts her head to the side, slowly nodding in confusion. It took a second, but I managed to think of why she was confused. 

“I take it you thought I knew?” She nods, and I chuckle. “Well sorry to disappoint you Neo, but I’m not Adam.” 

She takes a step back and silently gestures to me, clearly not understanding. I pat the spot next to me, Neo slowly walking over and taking a seat. I didn’t miss the fact she has her hand on the end of her umbrella, where I knew a hidden blade was. 

“I guess it would be more accurate to say I am not Remnants Adam. I take it you have been around for a while now, watching me and my friends?” She nods. “Well, I could tell you the whole story, but I am not sure how long I have until the others come looking for me.” 

I snap my fingers and a notepad and pen appear, Neo jumping from the sudden appearance. 

“Here. I can tell you have a lot of questions, and I don’t wanna play charades, so write what you wanna ask.” Neo looks between me and the notepad a couple times before taking it and beginning to write. Her first question was a pretty obvious one.

‘Who are you then? If your not High Leader Taurus.’

“Well, I go by Adam Taurus. I am the Captain of the Equestrian Royal Guard White Fang Division. But my actual name is Adam Winger. Just your average guys who got sent to another world after buying my sword from some interdimensional merchant.” I reply with a laugh. Neo begins to write again.

‘A normal guy? Like a human?’

“Yes. Before I was sent here I was a normal human dressed up like Adam at a convention. After I bought my weapons, I was changed into this form, with the horns and my aura, the whole nine yards. As it turns out I am not the only one. I am a being called a Displaced. Turns out the are hundreds, thousands of us. We were all taken from our native worlds and sent to alternate versions of Equestria.” Neo slowly nods and begins to write again.

‘You said you were dressed as Adam at a convention. Why? I mean, you said you weren’t from Remnant, so how do you know about all of us?’

“I was hoping to avoid that question for a bit. It’s a long story and quite frankly you probably wouldn’t believe me since I don’t have my scroll.” She tilts her head to the side. “Now, there are a few things I want to ask you Neo. First of all, how long have you been here?”

‘About two weeks. I showed up in an alleyway by townhall and decided it would be best for me to lay low until I could find someone I knew. Unfortunately that ended up being you and Little Red.’

“Ok. Then, how is it you got here? Ruby and the others showed up because of an experimental teleporter malfunction.”

‘Same way. I was there when the thing blew up. I had heard that little red and her friends would be meeting someone in those warehouses and I thought it would be my perfect chance to get some answers from the girl. Unfortunately as I was making my way in the thing blew up and the next thing I knew, I was in that alley.’

“Huh, ain’t that convenient. Were you able to see what caused it to blow? The others say they heard a gunshot then boom.” She shakes her head. “Damn. So, what answer were you talking about?”

Neo was still as I asked that, her writing having stopped. She just put the pad down, and took off her hat, looking at it sadly. It didn’t take a genius to figure out her question.

“You want to know what happened to Roman.” It was more of a statement than a question, but she still nodded, placing the hat back on her head.

‘After the fight with Ruby, I managed to make my way to the crash site of the ship we were on. I had to take out a few Grimm along the way, but all I found there was his hat, his cane, and a few cigars. There was no body. There was no blood.’ She paused looking to me almost pleadingly. ‘He is the only friend I have ever had, he was almost like my dad. So, if you know what happened, please. Tell me.’

I look down to the saddened and almost desperate woman before me, before I sighed, and tried to get a little more comfortable, even taking off my bracelets.

“There is no easy way to tell you this Neo, so it’s best to just get it over with.” I look down to her with a sorry, yet stern gaze. “Roman Torchwick is dead. After you were sent flying he got distracted by attacking Ruby, and a griffon came up behind him and ate him. Ruby managed to make the griffon crash into the control room of the ship, which is what caused it to crash.”

That look in her eyes, as they both turn pure white. I could never think of a comparison. She just sat there, slowly shaking her head, before getting up and punching the tree behind us, silently screaming. I let her beat on the tree for about a minute, Neo just silently screaming and crying, before I stepped up and stopped her, her knuckles bleeding as she didn’t let her aura cover them. She turned her attention to me and started beating on my chest. I just let her get all of it out her system, eventually calming down enough for me to help her back to the bench.

“I’m sorry, Neo. I can’t imagine what it would be like to lose someone close to you. I have been lucky enough to keep all of my family members thus far, but it isn’t like I’ll be able to see most of them for a while.” I look down to her as she keeps her gaze on the ground. “I know you probably hold some resentment to her, but please, don’t blame Ruby, or yourself. What happened was pure chance, and I don’t want you to destroy yourself or others because of it.” 

Neo is still for a while, her tears beginning to slow before she picked up the notepad. 

‘I-I need some time to process all of this. I think I’m going to head out, maybe head to Manehatten for a while.’ 

“Of course. But, if you ever need someone to talk to, or you need a place to stay, my house is always open.” I tell her. Neo nod before writing something else on the note, handing me the pad, and head out. I watch her leave for a minute, seeing her turn back into an Earth Pony, before glancing to the notepad, seeing a bunch of numbers on the bottom. 

“Heh, I am getting pretty good at getting girls numbers now. Ain’t that a thing.” I mutter, pocketing the notepad and heading back to the house, silently hoping the others haven’t been looking for me. 

Once I got back I found the others were still bing watching Soul Eater on my scroll, already they were on the seventh episode, Ruby looking to be the most intrigued, while also looking to be the most creeped out by Ragnarok. I just shake my head and head to my room, intent on catching some Z’s. Unfortunately fate had other plans as just as I sat on my bed, I could hear what sounded like a phone vibrating.

Checking my drawer, I see it is the alchemist watch Edward gave me a while ago. Confused, I pop the lid and watch as the clock begins to spin rapidly, before what looks like an older Edward appears on screen.

“Ed? What’s up?” I question, sitting at my desk.

“Um, hey Adam. It’s a good thing you’re sitting. I need to talk to you. It’s about Natali and Sorano.”

And with that, I had a feeling my meeting with Neo would seem like a walk in the park compared to the conversation ahead of me.