Vex didn't trust easily, which made traveling with the Lightbreakers feel like wearing armor made of glass.
He watched them from his usual position at the rear of the formation, his magitech eye cataloging movement patterns and threat assessments while his natural eye tracked the expressions and gestures that told him more than any system interface could. After weeks of climbing with this team, he still felt like an observer rather than a member, someone tolerated for his useful skills rather than welcomed for who he was.
The Anchor fell away behind them as they crossed the bridge network toward the outer islands, following coordinates provided by the Voidhunters in exchange for something Dante had called "diplomatic consideration." Whatever that meant in practice, Vex suspected it involved the berserker breaking fewer of their people's bones in the future.
"You're brooding again."
