As soon as she left, Ty pushed himself away from the desk, made his way to one of the more bare walls, and pushed a panel to have the wall come down, pushing out a hideaway bed. He dimmed the lights down and kicked his shoes off, laying down on it.

"...might as well just lay here." he said.

"Lay down, sit up, won't matter." he lamented.

Meanwhile, in the lab, Hazel's call was answered by Ilias, who made his way over.

"Hey Hazel." he greeted her.

"What's up?" he asked. "...you look quite concerned." he then commented.

Ilias thought for a moment.

"Well, at the moment, she's at one of the whiteboards, checking calculations." he said, before pausing. "I'll get her, though." he told her. "Wait at Kiah's office. If the door's open, go in, if not, just wait by her door, okay?" he said further.

"I'm going there now." Hazel responded, turning and leaving without giving him a chance to say anything more.

"..." Ilias was silent for another moment, turning the other way and making his way to where Kiah was.

"We need to go to your office. Now." he told her. "Hazel doesn't care what we're doing, or what you're doing. If it can be put aside for a bit, it needs to be. She has... some big and bad information to share with us." he continued.

"She's waiting at your office as we speak."

"It's not." Ilias agreed.

The two then made their way to Kiah's office, where Hazel was waiting at the door. Seemed the door was locked, which made sense. Kiah was the sort to always lock the door when she wasn't in there, which was just good practice.

The door was unlocked and the three made their way in, the door being shut as Ilias entered last.

"All right." he mumbled.

"What's going on?" he asked Hazel as they all took a seat.

Ilias was shocked to the point of being speechless, before he managed to clear his throat.

"W...wow." he said.

"Holy hell." he muttered.

"And... and that..." he stammered further, shaking his head slightly.

"Who?" he asked.

"Who has it?" he asked her.

"Do you know?"

"Possibly, yeah." Ilias agreed.

"You should go to the medical wing-" he started to say, before pausing. "CALL the medical wing... and see what's going on." he clarified. "I'm willing to bet they're under strict quarantine." he mumbled.

"Regardless." he said.

"We'll need to see if there's anything we can do." he went on.

"Maybe we can find something that can help, instead of leaving people to just die to this thing."

Ilias just smiled a little, and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"We're grateful for it." he told her.

"We care about you, and it's nice to see that you care about yourself now." he said further.

"But regardless, thank you for telling us." he went on.

"Willing to bet that Angela hasn't called or informed us because she's... well... probably too stressed and distracted to concern herself with those outside the quarantine area." he finished.

"Ah." Ilias said.

"How... how is he doing?" he asked.

"Kiah and I heard the lockdown announcement and... we both agreed he sounded... not himself." he said further.

"Is he all right?" he asked her.

"Is this sorta getting to him?"

"Yeah." Ilias agreed.

"If you feel he needs someone there, then feel free to dedicate your time to it." he told her.

"We should be fine on our own here for the time being." he reasoned.

"...but yeah, if Ty needs you, be with him." he said.

"He's our leader for now. He needs his shit together."

Ilias watched her head off, before looking at Kiah.

"...the hell is happening?" he asked.

"Ouroboros, Ty's falling apart..." he went on.

"And I've started to feel far more on edge than normal." he then informed her.

"Nothing too serious as of yet, but... I thought I was just starting to overwork myself again." he admitted.

"Now I'm not so sure..."

"...that is worrisome." Ilias responded.

"I get the feeling that something big is happening." he told her.

"Ouroboros may be the least of our worries." he then commented, before pausing, his eyes widening as he said that.

"And that fills me with dread."