Bella’s sour face continued as she watched the twins as they entered the room. It didn’t seem right having the students along for the mission. They’ve already been through a lot with the recent incident and putting them through an unnecessary risk seemed careless. Was AMRO hurting enough that they were willing to dispatch child soldiers? 

The woman’s sour mood shifted to one of discomfort as she noticed that one of the twins was pointing and staring at her. She glanced up to Zane as she hoped that her extrovert would intervene on her behalf but was met with a shrug that she has seen often enough to know it meant he was going to make her figure it out on her own.

But before the woman could plan how to handle the staring kid, she was met with an intrusive mental message. Startled, Bella slid closer to Zane and grabbed onto the end of her partner’s sleeve by his wrist and frowned at Rikke. After the last incident with Angel invading her mental conversation, she wasn’t keen on starting something early on and tried her best to keep quiet.

Zane gave a small chuckle as he watched the newest duo make their introduction. He was glad to see how lively the children were acting. It was a youthful optimism that has been waning in his life as well as some of the asylums that were elsewhere during the island fiasco. Although it manifested differently for his partner he could see the outcome of the event affected her as well. But maybe AMRO wouldn’t be stuck in turmoil. If the children that witnessed the incident and lived through the brunt of the aftermath could laugh and play games, maybe the future could be mended. 

As Zane listened to Angel’s explanation, the man nodded along. He could feel Bella’s unease as she tightened her grip on him. Unlike him, he knew that she didn’t approve of the trajectory of the mission. It was odd that she wasn’t reaching out to him through their link but with Angel present he assumed that it brought on another layer of unease that caused her to stay quiet.

“It will be nice to take things easy and have fun. Let’s have them lead team panda and see what happens.”