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"Hmmm…" Tonna's eyes were closed, as a towel was resting on her head and her mouth was smiling a bit.
Her tentacles were resting behind her, on a cream-colored floor. The water was perfectly still, showing a bright light-blue color. A music was caressing Tonna's ears…
"Hhhmmmm…" Her head was tilting to the right and to the left…
A flat, wooden, large pipe was pouring down more water: it fell right into the hot spring, splashing and releasing a noise, which lasted less than a second.
GON! GON!
"AH!" Tonna's eyes opened wide, as her irises shrunk.
The water was creating waves…
"… huh?" Tonna turned behind, as her tentacles fell inside the water.
Her towel dived into the hot spring…
GON! GON!
Punf!
The woman returned forward: she screamed loudly as her eyes were seeing a whirlpool in the middle of the hot spring. Tonna returned behind, with her hands on the floor. The whirlpool began growing quickly, catching Tonna's legs and pulling her back inside the water.
The whirlpool reached the edges, spinning faster and faster… and carrying Tonna along!
"WHAT IS THIIIIIIIIIIIIISS!" Her arms were stretching upwards, as her eyes were closed.
KNOCK, KNOCK!
"AAH!" Tonna jumped, landing on her knees.
Her eyelids immediately moved to the middle: the woman was wearing a full pajama suit depicting a dark-blue background with stars spread around and a full moon on her left chest.
"… uh…?" Tonna's eyes blinked.
Knock, knock.
"... groan…" She frowned a bit.
The woman crawled on the bed, landing on a red, round carpet with a thick yellow line, forming a circle and located a bit away from the edge. Tonna walked to her left, moving along her bed's left edge until her feet entered each inside a house slipper.
Tonna turned behind, walking towards the door in front of her, as mumblings were coming from her mouth. Her right hand grabbed the door's handle, pushing it down and pulling the whole door. Her eyes were seeing Mirii with her arms on her sides, her head a bit tilted upwards and her eyelids lowered slightly.
"… good evening, Mirii." Tonna yawned loudly, as her left hand covered her mouth. "Do you need"
"Get in your office and request a retreat for Hunley. Now." Mirii frowned a bit.
"… wh-what?" Tonna's head shook quickly, as her eyes squeezed a bit. "A retreat"
"Tonna, this is not the time for explanations!" Mirii's head lowered, frowning a bit more and folding her arms. "Do as I said! Don't even think of challenging my patience…"
"… wait, what's happening?!" Tonna's eyes blinked, as her fists were rubbing on them. "Why is Hun… siiiigh, ok, ok! I'll go…" She turned behind, rushing towards the top of a drawer and picking up a checkered white and black wallet. "… just try to explain everything along the way, ok?" She rushed back, passing Mirii.
The girl pulled the door, making it release a clicking sound. Mirii dashed, following Tonna from behind.
"Ah, thanks for the door!" A sweat drop appears on Tonna's right side. "I-I forgot"
"Focus on the path!" Mirii snorted. "The more time we waste, the less chance we have to let Hunley return in the HQ!"
"Why?! Wh-what's going on?!" The woman turned to her right.
"They have sent him to a newer mission against his own will!" Mirii's teeth gritted a bit. "I talked to an Agent from the Science Department: I know a chief can call him back and I'm sure you know that as well!"
"Siiigh!" A stream of tears were coming down from Tonna's closed eyes. "I was dreaming a nice hot spring session… why I'm not even allowed to think about it?!"
Mirii's eyes squeezed a bit, growling silently.
"How could you put a dream above a Squid?!" She grimaces a bit. "Is she even aware of the stupidity she just pronounced?!"
Tonna stopped in front of a door, as her left hand took a plastic card out from her wallet.
Click.
The woman pushed the door, rushing towards her own office chair, as Mirii walked inside the office, turning behind and pushing the door back with both her hands. She returned forward, walking towards Tonna's desk.
"Tonna, do you need a hand?" Mirii's hands fell on the woman's desk, as her head tilted down and left. "If you feel too tired"
"Don't worry…" Tonna yawned loudly, as her right hand was moving the laptop's mouse around. "… I don't mind doing just a little thing, before hitting the bed again…"
"Her eyelids can barely stay up…" Mirii's head rose. "The only thing I can do at this point is to watch her laptop and see if she is doing her job…"
The girl began walking from the left, moving around the desk and stopping in front of the laptop's screen: she bended a bit forward, watching carefully the images and text popping out.
"Ugh… ooooh my, the sleep I have is…" Tonna yawned loudly, as tears formed around her eyes. "… it's so odd, actually… I don't feel tired at all, yet I wouldn't mind closing my eyes..."
"Concentrate on your task, Tonna." Mirii's right hand caressed her right cheek for a moment. "I can confirm that soon we will find Hunley's name"
"There he is." Tonna smiled a bit. "… yes, he's traveling towards Inkopolis's Central Area."
"According to the Agent I talked to, Hunley was called at the very last minute…" Mirii's eyebrows went up and her mouth downturned. "But the reason is something still unknown to me… it would be nice to"
"The reason is right here." Tonna bended forward, as her left forefinger pointed at an Inkling man's photo. "This man…" Her left forefinger slid towards the words underneath the photo. "… he received a permission of health recovery… because he got injured this afternoon from one of the Stingray's attacks…"
"An attack so strong to override the suit's healing capacities?! That's insane, Tonna!" Mirii frowned, turning her head to her left. "Does this claim have any proof?!"
"Ask the doctors for that… but even then, I'm in a situation where there isn't much I can do..." Tonna sighed. "If Hun is sent back to the Headquarters, then the fewer Agents might not be able to finish their mission… if they will not finish the mission, I'll be held responsible for it and I'll receive a penalty…"
"No!" Mirii frowned, gritting her teeth and clenching her fists. "I'll not let those scammers getting away with this! What I'm going to do, then…?" Her irises went to her right. "… I have an idea…"