Skull found absolutely everything about this silent ascent deeply suspicious as he continued to head up the concrete stairs. In all his years working as a high-tier enforcer in the underworld, he had never once been in a combat situation where something like this had happened to him before.
He was a man who thrived on reading his enemies' movements, predicting their strikes, and capitalizing on their fear. But right now, he was genuinely worried about the unknown. Because there was no physical resistance to read, he simply couldn't predict what the brilliant tactical mind orchestrating this defense was actually trying to do.
Checking his internal clock, he realized he had to be getting very close to the absolute top floors of the Fortis tower by now. And his spatial awareness was exactly right.
