Seeing the man's unconvinced expression, he snorted. "You feel it too, don't you? Your heart's pounding, and you're a little anxious."
The man stared at him in shock.
He rolled his eyes. "Hurry up and get to bed. All these symptoms will go away."
The man whose eyelid had been twitching wildly now thought he was just being too sensitive. It was probably just a side effect of pulling an all-nighter.
Except this time, the feeling was particularly strong.
He walked a few more steps with his companion before stopping. After a moment's thought, he said, "No, I have to go back and check. I might have forgotten something. I won't be able to sleep peacefully otherwise."
Seeing how worked up he was, the other man couldn't be bothered. They had both been up for so long; he didn't have the energy to worry about it.
"I'm heading back, then. You go check." There couldn't be any mistakes with the main project, because the next researcher would have signed off on it during the handover.
