Haruka, who had been walking beside them and had turned sharply to face the opposite direction the moment Petricia had reached for Mike's face, was now very focused on an advertisement poster across the street that was for something she was almost certainly not reading.
Mike looked at the back of Haruka's head briefly.
'Oh, she didn't watch, huh?'
Then his system's interface popped out.
[HARUKA KANATA — DESIRE LEVEL: 52/100.]
[SHE LOOKED AWAY FOR THEM. THAT'S A SPECIFIC THING TO DO.]
[NOTE: SHE DID NOT LOOK BACK UNTIL THE MOMENT HAD PASSED.]
He noted it and followed Petricia toward the building.
...
The Schneider lobby was quiet when the three of them came in. The light by the notice board was still on.
From behind the management office door there was silence, which could have meant Gerald had gone to bed or was sitting in the dark feeling bad about himself, either of which was possible.
