A DAY TO THE SUMMIT
Ba-KOOM!!!
The explosion pulled King out of sleep before his mind caught up to the sound.
He was on his feet and moving before full awareness arrived, crossing his quarters and pulling the door open in one motion. The corridor was clear. Vi's door was open, she was already up. The sound came again, muffled but unmistakable, rising from the lower level.
King moved to the stairwell and descended.
The training room doors were open at the base. He pushed through them and found Eli standing at the far end of the space, shirtless, bandage wraps covering his torso from the base of his ribcage up to his shoulders.
The Calamity Long-Shoulder rested in both hands, all three barrels still smoking from the last discharge. Six construct dummies at the opposite end had been reduced to scorched fragments scattered across the training room floor.
King looked at the dummies. Then at Eli.
"Eli. You should be resting."
