The waking world met Sunny with the usual inhospitable pressure. In fact, it was stronger than usual, because, due to Rain unexpectedly returning to NQSC, there were two of his incarnations here at the moment.
One was about to leave — the Dream Gate connecting NQSC to Bastion was about to close according to schedule, so his sister and her friends had to use their cover identities as government agents and hurry through.
The second incarnation, however, was going to linger for a while longer.
At the moment, he was quietly walking down the street, sticking to the shadows.
NQSC was changing with unnerving speed. It was different every time Sunny visited, and the shift that had happened after the Dreamspawn's crisis was especially dire. The city had never felt that tense, fragile, and warlike…
