Chapter 72

It is dusk on the third day that Sun is without a Sentinel. In the morning, he drove to the address that Niki gave him when they met and talked at a fast-food restaurant. He did not tell Niki that he will be coming over: he came just to see the house and did not even get off his car when he got there.

Bored and without Mags to play with that night, Sun decides to go out and find a side dish that will go well with the dinner they will be having, which is, of course, courtesy of the triumvirate of Minerva, Lin, and Kira. He finds a stall in the sidewalk, about five blocks away, selling Vietnamese cuisine. From there, he buys fresh prawn rolls and two bowls of pho. The place is packed since it is about dinner time, and Sun endures a long queue before he can purchase. The moon is already at the crest of the black, clear sky when he was done.