Three Days Later, International Hunters Council Assessment Facility
"So, sir… name?"
"Tucker Haynes."
"Age."
"Twenty-five."
"Time of suspected aether exposure? Was it days ago or—"
"About three or four days ago. During the Washington S-Rank Rift."
"What changes have you noticed exactly? Abilities, side effects… anything different at all."
In a hallway where hundreds of people from all walks of life gathered, a young man from Washington was asked all these questions.
Why—you may ask.
Well, it was because this young man was about to undergo an evaluation… and by the end of it he might be walking out of this building as a member of Earth's Awakened society.
Most of his life he's seen and heard stories about Hunters—Guides and Espers and their great battles against beasts as they saved the planet. He's always wanted to be one.
Always wanted the respect that came with being a respected Hunter.
And now here he was.
