The next morning, Tatehan woke up earlier than usual. He lay in bed for a few minutes, staring at the ceiling, his mind slowly pulling itself out of sleep and into the waking world.
The room was quiet, the faint hum of the base's environmental systems the only sound, and for a brief moment, everything felt almost peaceful.
Then he remembered the group chat.
Tatehan reached over to the nightstand, grabbed his phone device, and unlocked it with a quick swipe. The screen lit up, displaying a handful of notifications from various apps, but the one that caught his attention immediately was the indicator showing several new messages in the group chat he had set up with the city leaders.
He opened it.
The first message was from Bjorn Odinson, the leader of New Helios. The Viking.
Tatehan read it, his eyes widening slightly as he processed the information.
