An hour later, the team was still walking as they talked.
"By the way, where are we going? It's been almost an hour now," Selene asked, causing everyone to go silent and turn to look at Cipher.
Cipher scratched his head sheepishly. "Ah, we talked so much I forgot we were going to a gate," he said.
Of course, this was a lie. He had let them walk all this way as a team-building experience. That being said...
"Umm, where are we?" he asked.
"We're about a mile from the Expo/Western station," Selene said, glancing around to orient herself. "I'm assuming the gate we're going to is Santa Monica's Resource Gate 2998? If that's the case, we can catch the next train from the station up ahead."
"Yeah, that's where we're going," Cipher said.
"Then we should - " she began, but Cipher interjected.
"But I have an even better way of getting there," he said.
"Better way?" they asked.
"That's right," he said.
