"I know you," the boy said. "You're the S-Class Alpha team from the Federal Military Academy, aren't you?"
Zoe Pierce finally understood why he had been nervous seeing Director Quinn but relaxed when he saw her and the others.
"I've seen your livestreams," he said to Nathan Lockwood, who was closest to him.
Nathan Lockwood nodded.
The boy's voice evidently woke the others who were still asleep. When they suddenly took in the unfamiliar surroundings, their reaction was almost identical to the boy's initial one.
They were all tense to the extreme.
"We're saved, we're saved," the boy murmured, his voice on the verge of tears.
He scrambled out of the escape pod and grabbed Nathan Lockwood's hand. "Please, save my dad."
Except for the youngest little boy, who didn't quite understand and just followed his older siblings, the slightly older children were so anxious that tears streamed down their faces. "What's the date? How many days have we been in this escape pod?"
