When Gideon summoned the door to the large bath inside his room, Delilah paused for a moment, clearly surprised by it, but she didn't say anything.
She looked too nervous to even ask, so she simply followed him inside as he led her toward the locker area, telling her to leave her clothes there and keep them dry.
It took her longer than he expected, long enough that he eventually stopped waiting and walked ahead to the warm pool on his own. He lowered himself into the water, letting the heat spread through his body as it slowly eased the tension that had built up since earlier.
For a while, there was only the quiet sound of water, but his mind refused to stay still. The images from before kept coming back, the bodies, the cries, the weight of everything they had just gone through.
He needed to move faster.
The guard tower also needed attention. He had already seen it placed at the edge of the barrier, facing the cave where the Glowbats usually came from.
