I gave them my best dead-eyed celebrity smile. The kind that said, 'Please die in a ditch, but nicely.'
Kaelira, on the other hand, was already slipping into her element. For someone who just went on a murder spree, she had the audacity to look charming. She was flashing grins left and right, even shaking hands like she'd been preparing for this her whole life.
Which… considering her mercenary lifestyle, maybe she had. She knew how to survive in any battlefield—even the corporate kind.
An annoyingly energetic influencer shoved a mic in my face, practically bouncing on her heels. "Cassius! You've dominated the rankings! How do you feel right now? Any message to your fans?"
I leaned closer to the mic, gave her a dead stare I gave my mid-bosses in the battle back on Earth, and said—
"Sleep-deprived. Horny. Kinda hungry. Not in that order."
The woman choked on air. Someone behind her laughed. A camerabot whirred in and zoomed too close to my face.
