The interior of the black site is an open-concept design bristling with glistening steel counters, each studded liberally with computer monitors.
You shiver as you step closer to the center of the building; you've never felt air this frigid before, and it feels unnatural to you, chilling you to the bone as you gaze around at the unfathomable mountains of technology. You look up at a noisy ventilation system, holding out a hand and feeling a gust of frozen air.
Air conditioning! You heard about it from the elders, but you never expected the icy chill blowing against your fur.
Lapu picks up something from a central table and vanishes, gone without a trace. You whirl about, searching for him, expecting some juvenile trick before your eyes settle back on where he disappeared.
There it is, you think to yourself. A faint shimmering outline surrounds Lapu, light bending around him, rendering him nearly invisible unless you concentrate on the exact spot.
"What are you staring at?" Lapu says as you gawk in wonderment. As soon as the boy moves his arm to the side, he becomes mostly visible again, the light bending ability traveling with the strange object he picked up.
"Hand that to me, will you?"
Lapu throws the device over to you, and you snag it out of the air. As soon as you touch it, Lapu's face twists in consternation.
"Where'd you go?"
"I haven't moved," you say as you examine the device. "This is why I was staring at you."
The gadget is a heavy black square etched with an intricate set of circuitry. On its back is a heavy-duty fastener, likely used to attach the device to the torso of the wearer. You press a small button on the bottom edge of the square, and it powers down, an indicator on the upper side showing a battery at fifty percent.
Lapu picks up the device's twin from the table. "Only two of them," he says before he disappears again. "Paper here says it's charged by sunlight and can only be used for five minutes at a time."
A sharp bang at the front door draws your attention, and you immediately turn your device back on, making sure that it's centered on your chest.
Soldiers pour into the room, shouting about a breach. You follow the faint shimmer of Lapu as he works his way around and behind the soldiers. The two of you leave through the open door and hightail it back into the sprawl of the base before the devices stop working. Panting, the two of you look at each other, smiles full of sharp, pointed teeth.
"Just think of all the stuff we can get away with using these things!" Lapu says with a laugh. "Too bad we're out of battery for the day."
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