“You wanna talk about it?” The words caused North to look up sharply from his food, South sitting there quietly and smiling at him reassuringly.

He smiled back but eventually shook his head. “Not really. It’s all done now as far as I’m concerned, the sooner we get over it and forget the better.” South smiled a little brighter and nodded back. North had been one of the first to complete his simulation, so he’d seen many of the other agents leave after their tests. Some didn’t come out at all. As far as he was concerned he and South had gotten off easy based off other’s reactions. Or else they just took it better. They had each other though, an almost constant source of reassurance.

Maybe that was why. Or maybe it was simply that because the other was there they were able to accept that it wasn’t real. When they were joined by Iowa both shared reassuring smiles with the other agent. They were there for each other, but they were also forming quick bonds with some of the other agents and certainly they’d be there for any of them too. North looked over at South at the comment. “I was actually planning on taking this one here over to one of the training rooms, seeing if we can get her some combat training.”

South looked down slightly, embarrassed. North knew she had issues killing or even hurting other people. And he was trying to help. Carolina arrived soon after and he sat down silently. Both siblings gave each other concerned looks and South offered him a sympathetic smile. However at his look North’s face became grave. “I can’t think of many things worse than what happened in there.”

“I can.” South echoed emptily. Despite everything, she couldn’t imagine what life would be like if she lost North. Dying was one thing, but having to live without him… she couldn’t think of an emptier world. “But that’s beside the point. They’re over now. And they weren’t real. There shouldn’t be any more testing, from what I’ve heard. I was told that there won’t be any results until tomorrow though, too many variables and some shit like that they have to calculate in.” She rolled her eyes slightly. “Sounds like a load of BS to me.”