On Tuesday he thought about going to the group reunion, however he was still feeling a bit upset, so he was sure that if they were to talk about The Protector, his discomfort might be too obvious. And he neither wanted to have them talking while he felt mad. That way, the day he felt a bit more relaxed was on Wednesday.
After his exhausting training, he arrived at the building at nine, this time he was using his black hair wig, purple eye contacts and black glasses. When he made his disguise test before leaving the house, he was confident that he didn´t look like The Protector, but when walking in the street he couldn’t stop his fear about being discovered, even if his brother assured him that he wasn´t completely the same, and neither different, though.
The members of the group looked at him without discretion, for them it was the first time seeing him, and because he said that his job didn’t allowed him to be recognized, they were trying to see if they should know him. But neither of them got it right. Luckily, none of them expected to have The Protector among them, none of them thought that The Protector could have something he lost, like them.
Now that he was almost sure of it, he felt a little more at ease. The Awkward Boy received him with enthusiasm, saying how he was afraid that he wouldn’t show up again and how he was about to send a message through the social network to find him.
This time he wasn’t led to the deepest room, he seated with the Awkward Boy, Pious and Hieronymus, a man that was new for him. After the proper greetings, they continued their conversation about Hieronymus job, Teshal could tell it was something like journalism for how he was talking regarding some crimes that weren’t shown on TV.
He hadn’t watched TV since his face was in every program, neither heard the radio or looked at any form of news, only watching cartoons or anything that was streaming in the internet. So he had entirely forgotten that apart of the issues with whatever ship got too close to their island, there were crimes and murders inside. The “normal” delinquency.
Hieronymus was talking of how the criminal rate had been increasing after it had a decline around the time The Protector was found.
“Now it looks like they take advantage of the ships sightings, when people go the refuges and leave their homes, some stay behind to rob the houses and stores.” What he said made the two boys look awed, however none of them got the time to give their opinion when Shonda and Nightjar came closer.
“Ah that’s true!” Shonda said while seating at Teshal’s right side. “It happened to a friend, when she and her family came back from their shelter, someone had already entered their house to steal some household appliances and jewelry.”
“And to a customer of mine, his car was stolen, it was in the day, when they went to hide.” Added Nightjar.
“Would it be different if the four hours countermeasure wasn’t used?” asked Teshal.
“I’m not sure but if they’re not talking about these cases on the media, it’s because they may be thinking it’s an important factor” exclaimed Hieronymus. “And because The Protector was the one who asked for this countermeasure, they can’t take it down so easily.”
“They should, then, expose what’s happening to him, so he can think on a way to change it, or, at least, for the government and the police to do something.” The Awkward Boy, as always, was on The Protector’s side, same as Pious that nodded at his comment.
Teshal now was wondering why none of his trainers said anything, or his family. Then he remembered what happened the last Saturday, so maybe they didn’t want to increase his burden. He had scheduled a meeting with some people of the government tomorrow, so he asked Hieronymus and the rest all the information they had, that way he could talk tomorrow about it and how to make a change. That if they were eager to listen to him, not like before that they just asked about his consent in some trivial matters.
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