The circles began to slow, their red hue fading into yellow as the final adjustments were made. Slowly but surely, the yellow began to turn green, one circle at a time. The rotation stopped completely when all the circles were glowing a steady green.
"Status: All green. Main cannons ready," Cleo said, her voice perfectly even.
Her glowing golden eyes narrowed slightly as she lowered her finger, mimicking the act of pulling a trigger. Her lips curved into a faint, almost absentminded smile as she whispered one word...
"Bang."
The action was so subtle, so seemingly insignificant, and yet it carried an unmistakable weight. Cleo had spent so much time with Rex that, unknowingly, some of his mannerisms and quirks had imprinted on her.
This small gesture, a finger gun and a whispering bang, was a reflection of that, a quiet echo of the human who had left his mark on her.