God this is so late! I am super sorry for keeping my readers waiting... I actually have a good (but somewhat overused) excuse for this! Right as soon as I was back in school, I had 2 essays flyin at my face! But, now I will be able to satisfy you guys!
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Chapter 3: Too Much for Me
(Setsuna's POV)
I could sense that Cole was just now receiving the blunt end of the emotional and mental trauma that had been given to him by the terrorist attack one week prior through the quantum brainwaves, and through my link to Veda, I knew Tieria could too.
Leading Cole back to his quarters, I dimmed the lights to where he could sleep easier, even though he said he wasn't tired. I tried to think of some ways to get his mind off the attack, but could find none. I thought we would be sitting there in silence, until Cole spoke up.
"Why did they attack that one airport, when there are other, more important ones?"
"The terrorists targeted that airport because they somehow found out in advance that there would be many pure-breed Innovators there that day, and they would have to have access to something like Veda in order for them to have this intel." I said.
"What's Veda?" asked Cole.
"Veda is Celestial Being's quantum processing unit, capable of taking in and analyzing terabytes of data in mere seconds, from sources all around the world." said Tieria, who then appeared on the main monitor in the room.
"Wha..." was all Cole could muster after the surprise appearance.
"Tieria, he just started recovering from a near-death experience, i recommend not scaring him into another one." I said with a little amusement.
"Well SORRY for trying to help answer his question!" said Tieria, sarcastically.
"How are you like this? I mean, what are you?" Cole asked, falling out of his stupor.
"I'm an Innovade, a prototypical form of an Innovator. My mind is directly linked to Veda, and I can also clone a body to live in. So if I were to die, I could transfer my conscious over to Veda and essentially preserve myself."
"Ohhhkay... I think I'm gonna lie down now." Cole said.
"Alright." said Tieria, "just call if you need me or anyone else."
"We have a link to each other's minds, so I can know when you may need something." I said, hoping he would be fine on his own for a while.
As I was walking toward the door, Cole grabbed my wrist and said, "Setsuna, thank you for saving me."
"Of course." I said, watching him lay on his bed. I then made my way towards the hangar.
A few hours later, after I finished checking the 00 Quan(T), I could sense feelings of intense fear and sorrow, and immediately concluded that it was Cole. I started running towards the hallway, probably earning a few weird looks from Ian Vashti and Saji Crossroad.
As soon as I got to his room, I opened the door to find him curled up on the floor, frozen in terror.
"Come on," I said, "I think it's time I show you what we brought you here for."