"Have you contacted Auri?" Max asked in reply.
"Yeah, but she hasn't replied yet," Drai said while glancing at his uneventful comm.
Max sipped his coffee before letting out a long sigh. "That's because she can't. She's been hurt during the attack, so now she's too weak to do anything and is recovering in a healing chamber."
"WHAT!?"
Drai's abrupt shout startled the other customers on the second floor, prompting Drai to bow apologetically before turning to Max again.
"How the hell did that happen, Max? I thought your security was top-notch!" he said with a much lower voice.
"That's what I thought too. Freddy told me it's been so long since anyone even tried anything, that's why most of my family was in disbelief when they heard the news, thinking it was a bad joke or something. Really, I feel like those bunch are out of touch after not experiencing real danger for so long."
