I sighed while introducing a piece of bacon to my mouth, Dakota was having a small talk with BongBong about how training went. Which was... not that bad, all things considered. Sure, she almost wacked me in the face with her gun at least once out of nowhere, but I think that it could have gone worse.

We managed to get her to... well use the big mouth in her suit, yeah it tried to eat my legs but a good One Bro special stopped it with ease, but after that... minor incident we called it a day.

Gonzales was chatting, or more like annoying Amelia, who was simply letting him talk, since every time she tried to shut him up, he'd misunderstand and double on his efforts to get his words across.

Now I have two reasons as to why I sighed, and it's the fact that Malkuth had decided to try and go team bonding and came with us to our usual table in the middle of the dinning room. She sadly decided to start with Rober of all people.

Beth was not here since she was asked from Ryn to come earlier and receive new E.G.O gear... sooner than I expected too.

Rober, the same guy that just heard from me last night, claims that Management is indeed batshit insane and may not be working with our survival at all. The only reason he wasn't outright glaring at her is that I mentioned our goal to him.

Still, watching Malkuth trying to make small talk with Rober and him just giving flat stares or the occasional dismissing answer... was painful to me in various levels.

I massaged the bridge of my nose while remembering the talk I had with Rober.

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Walking through the hallways wasn't easy considering how intense I felt after my little verbal attack directed at Yesod, so I'm really hoping training with BongBong goes well...

I glanced at the end of the hallway and saw Rober waiting for me with his arms crossed, his expression nothing short of annoyed, "You sure like making people wait." I gave him... almost a glare that I managed to stop before I let my emotions slip again.

"I... yeah, I guess we should have this talk while we can." Wasn't feeling really... motivated to do this, but he has been waiting for quite a while to finally do so.

Robber looked at me with a raised eyebrow and some concern that he was trying to hide with his annoyance, "Then walk and talk, BB would be disappointed if you decided to avoid the training session you promised." He jabbed his thumb at the hallway and I continued my walk, Rober at my side.

He decided to start the conversation first, "Management is... weird. Malkuth goes all tentacle mode, but no one made a big fuss about it. Hell, everyone seems to ignore how bad it got." I mulled over his words for a moment.

"Well... the Manager did mention there was an alert specifically for that scenario, although he isn't sure why." I replied to him, and he narrowed his eyes while scoffing.

He glanced at me with an expression of anger, "And you believe that? For all we know, that guy was behind everything." I rolled my eyes at that, he is starting to sound like a conspiracy theory maniac.

"Look, we can't go throwing around accusations... but you aren't completely wrong either, you just chose the wrong person." I replied, glancing up to see if the cameras were watching. I noticed that most of the time they have to manually turn them on... probably a gimmick from an abnormality to lead to that decision.

So there are times when management isn't watching, this was one of those moments, "Yeah... the CEO of L Corp is looking for something big, and this facility has whatever he is looking for, something about a dream and curing the City from a disease in the human mind. Malkuth filled me in with some details I probably shouldn't know." Rober's eyes narrowed slightly.

"So wait... all of this for a guy trying to achieve his dream... then what about us?" He asked, suddenly feeling very aware that we weren't put in danger out of negligence, but the clear choice of someone else.

I threw him a raised brow, "What about us?" I asked like it answered everything, and it did, we don't matter as long as the dream is completed.

His frown deepened, "Then... let's grab the others and scram, this isn't worth it." I threw him one glance, I wasn't about to leave... and also...

"Have you ever seen the exit?" I asked him, and he paused for a moment but kept walking along, he thought long about the question but didn't seem to reach an answer.

I let out a deep sigh, "This... is pure guesses from what I have seen, but if this dream he is working so much for is enough to do all of this, then preventing us from leaving is also on the table." He was utterly confused by my words.

"That's... insane... hey actually now that I think about it, I got the card saying I could work here but... I don't really remember how I got here." He muttered and blinked a couple of times.

I sighed again, "Whatever it is... me and Malkuth are working together to stop it. Seems like at the end, the plan doesn't really hinge in the employee's survival at all." Rober's frown became so deep it may as well be part of his being.

Rober threw me a questioning look, "Why are you even working with her? She was made by the CEO, by that alone you shouldn't trust her." My features twisted, and I caught the surprise in Rober's eyes before I cooled my features.

"She... isn't a machine, ask Malkuth, since it's her story to tell." I replied to him and glanced at my left, seeing the door to BongBong's room, great timing right there.

I glanced at him, "Don't go doing anything stupid, if you have any more questions, save them when you clear your head." And I opened the door to BongBong's room.

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That... was a pain in the ass to deal with. Rober sighed and asked Malkuth if they could try to talk in private, making both of them glance at me, while I simply nodded once. That... is going to be another pain in the ass in the future.

I watched both of them leave the dinning room while Dakota threw a look at me asking 'What was that?' I shrugged in her direction while giving my best clueless expression.

Hope Rober doesn't get too aggressive with her...