Ring! Ring!
Emir gestured for Lyra to wait a moment and fished out his terminal.
He glanced at the screen and saw that it was Emma calling him, someone that he had barely contacted even before leaving Earth for Silent's trial.
Swiping up, he answered the call.
"Hey Em, it's been a while."
Returning his attention to Lyra, he stepped closer to her while Emma's reply echoed in his ear:
"Emir! It's been so long since we last heard from you… Where the hell were you in the past year?!"
He let out a chuckle and said:
"Give me a moment, Em, I'll get to you in a second."
Pressing the mute button, he lowered his head to Lyra's level, drawing closer as her ruby eyes locked onto his deep, inky blacks.
They shared a moment of silent connection, a bittersweet understanding passing between them.
Emir's hand gently held her chin, pausing for a brief moment, letting the weight of their weird relationship and the impending separation hang in the air.
