The dormitory was quiet.
It was late evening by the time Noah got back. The living room was empty. Lights on ceiling were on, throwing a warm low light across the room.
Noah took of his jacket and threw it on couch.
He took out the carry case from his storage ring, opened it, and looked at what was inside.
Two cores.
That was all he had managed to get. Two E+ cores. Not thirty. Not even close to thirty. The E+ cores were better quality than the standard ones, denser and cleaner, but they had cost him 2,00,000 nova points each. With his budget already stretched from other expenses, two was what he could afford without leaving himself completely empty.
He picked one up. It sat in his palm, small and smooth, slightly warm to the touch. The faint glow inside it pulsed slowly. Almost like breathing. It was siz3 of tennis ball.
He set the case aside, moved the coffee table out of the way, and sat down on the floor in the middle of the room.
