[Shenandoah]

"I don't think we have to worry about shifts," Mike said thoughtfully.

"Why not?" It seemed Mazin only wanted to be argumentative at the moment and he personally didn't understand why. Usually, he was fairly laid back, but it was becoming fairly obvious that this was his way of dealing with the stress of the situation. Going and questioning everything that was happening wasn't like him.

Mike gave the younger man a slightly exasperated look. "Because it isn't a place where people commonly come due to the fact the access is limited. I thought I already explained this?" Mazin had the decency to blush and Mike quietly wondered at the ability. Avatars weren't supposed to be able to do that. At least, not without specific special item equips and then the blush was a permanent fixture.

All this shit really made his head hurt.

"Go to sleep, kids. I can at least stay up for a while as I was out for a long time earlier," he said to Calonia and Mazin. "It'd be better if you two got well rested anyway and I catch up after you guys felt better."