The forest felt heavier by the minute with rain pounding the canopy and thunder growling somewhere far away.
I stood there under the shade from the storm, staring at the sky acting nonchalantly, replaying my own words because Hailie hadn't answered yet, she was quite stunned.
"Ahem… If you were the one coding Darkmoon Adventure VR," I repeated, slow and deliberate, "Where would you create thunderstrikes to optimize the game? As in, what algorithm should be considered?"
Hailie tilted her head, droplets falling from her hair.
"Algorithm…" she echoed, thinking hard. She rubbed her chin in that overly cute way of hers, like she was a grey haired professor in a little white haired gal body. "Oh… well, if it were me… Um… I'd probably make them completely random? Procedurally generated at random intervals across the map, because weather's supposed to feel natural and unpredictable, right? Sometimes people got unfortunate and be striked, too."
