The morning bell dragged Noah from sleep that had been restless. He dressed quickly, Nami already awake and pulling on her boots.
They didn't speak much on the way to breakfast, just moved with the flow of other recruits toward the dining hall. The meal was porridge again, thick and unsweetened, with dried fruit mixed in that added some flavor. Noah ate slowly, his mind elsewhere.
'Back home, it's probably been what, four days now?' he thought, stirring his porridge. 'I told them I was heading into a gate, something system-related. Didn't give details because I didn't have any. They'll assume my domain abilities can pull me back whenever I want. That's usually how it works.'
The thought should have been comforting, but it wasn't.
