I sobered up rather quickly.
Staring at the waitress, I didn't quite panic. In fact, I felt so strangely calm that it almost unsettled me.
"...Another message? It seems like I really got under your skin."
"You think too much of yourself."
A pearly laugh resounded across the entire room.
"It's been quite a while since I've seen someone as daring as you."
"Is that so...?"
Well, I guess it made sense.
It wasn't every day someone would suddenly show up out of nowhere and destroy their entire lab. The damage I had caused was probably extensive, but nothing that would set them back for very long.
Enough for a message.
...And I had delivered it wonderfully.
My goal had been simple.
Buy myself time. That was all I wanted to accomplish, and I had done that quite well.
But all of that also depended on how I handled the follow-up.
Like now.
"I've been following you quite closely, Mr. Thorne. It seems like you're struggling at the moment. Is everything alright?"
