Theo didn't know how long he'd been sitting there.
At some point, he'd simply fallen asleep on the chair.
Across from him, Ethan had also leaned back, his eyes closed.
Looking at them, the old man couldn't help but chuckle.
"You ran into something quite unusual," he muttered. "A parasite like that… I've never heard of it before."
He paused, glancing up at the ceiling.
"Would we have been able to handle that in our younger years, Joop?"
After a few seconds, he simply shook his head.
"Since they've done the hard part… it's time I make sure the rest goes smoothly."
Just then—
The door creaked open, a soft bell echoing through the room.
A woman stepped inside, brushing a strand of hair behind her ear.
Her eyes swept across the room once before landing on the old man.
The old man smiled faintly.
"Perfect timing, Maren," he said. "Could you patch these youngsters up?"
Her gaze shifted towards the three of them.
"Are they new?" she asked.
The old man nodded once.
