The Future Is Now, Cathode.

"Winter." He gently put his arm on her shoulder, shaking her softly in case she had drifted asleep. "Why do you glow?"

She stirred and slowly opened her eyes. "I don't know...? What function does the appendix serve?"

"Ah... so it's just a thing that happens."

"Yeah. Can I go back to sleep now...?"

"Sure... yeah... I'm sorry. Goodnight."

"Goodnight."

Tenna returns to his own bed and curls up under his blankets. His screen shuts off with a click, followed by the quiet crackling of the static electricity escaping from the tiny field on his face.

We return to the Light.

Valentine wakes up in the morning with a hunch in her posture and a smack to her lips. She messily throws her blanket over the back of the couch, then stands with a big stretch. Her back crackles as the stiffness releases from her spine, having been in the same position the whole night.

Slowly, she makes her way to the kitchen to get some breakfast. Today was supposed to be the last day of her break, but she gets a phone call from her coworker asking her to fill in their position due to a family emergency. She hadn't the heart to tell them that she really didn't want to, so she accepted despite her fatigue from her adventure from the previous week.

She grabbed something quick to eat from the fridge. A leftover half-eaten hamburger with bacon and cheese. Then off she went. To the Museum of Natural History.