Chapter 9: Signals

Felix POV:

Sunlight hit my face like an insult.

I groaned, cracking one eye open just enough to confirm the world had, in fact, progressed into daytime without asking my permission first. The laptop screen had gone dark somewhere in the hours I'd apparently fallen asleep sitting up, my neck stiff from the angle I'd left it at, my back aching from a chair that had clearly never been designed for actual human comfort.

‘Looks like I've got a lot to do.’

I dragged myself upright, rubbing at my eyes,