[P]arallel Worlds [PGR] [NieR: Automata]

Chapter 6

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Gray Raven and Iris Warbler sat in silence in a confined space. Everyone had huddled close to each other, silence emitted as nobody wanted to speak up first to break up the silence that had been created as soon as they entered the building where Gray had originally come to change out of his power armor.

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Gray furrowed his brows as he noticed everyone's expressions. It's evident that everyone is thinking the same thing...

'What now?'

Nobody has yet to speak up. Taking action, he took in a deep breath—

'So quick!' He almost flinched as his team and Iris Warbler started at him, clearly ready to hear what he had to say. Regardless, he felt he should start talking to stop this awkward and tense atmosphere.

"Ok. I managed to get us a moment of privacy to take in all of this." He started as he looked at Lee. "To start things off. Lee accidentally slipped up on the fact that I was human." He got off his chest the first thing everyone must have been concerned about. How exactly did Lily figure out that he was human?

"How exactly did that happen?" Lucia had asked the question that everyone also wanted to know. How did Lee mess up?

"I am at fault I'll admit. I let my emotions get the better of me and had slipped the fact that commandant was human unlike us." Lee closed his eyes, frustrated at his foolishness. He explained the conversation that went down between him and Gray and how it led to being found out by Lily. After he finished, he watched everyone's expressions. Bafflement is read clearly on their faces.

"Being found out just because your Commandant was a bit hungry." Trojan found the entire thing amusing and baffling. "Either way... how troubling."

Everyone knew what she meant. A new problem had arisen. And that's why they're in this building. This room. Privately discussing.

Gray looked at the door that leads back to outside. What happened a few minutes ago after the reveal of him and Sica was pressuring. The two of them were the center of attention. Countless androids surrounded them. Albeit that they didn't get close as they kept their distance from the two, clearly wishing to respect them despite the looks of fascination, awestruck, and all other positive emotions.

However, that didn't stop the androids from trying to question them.

Everyone had asked them for their purpose of being down here on the surface. They were concerned about their safety first before wanting to ask more questions. The androids mistook him and Sica as members of the Council of Humanity.

He had apologized to everyone stating that he and Sica followed by their teams needed a moment to talk things through in private, needing to discuss something urgent that he had just remembered for their purpose of being down here on the surface. He had asked if they could have some privacy toward everyone, but he looked at Lily for permission as she was the current leader in charge of the Resistance Camp.

Lily was quick to oblige and told him that the room that he had come from was available to use.

"All those stares... I haven't had that many stares on me since I graduated from F.O.S. Academy." Sica squirmed uncomfortably. She was just glad they were in a private place with no androids to look at them. "I still recall everyone's attention on me..." She thought back to her graduation day. 

"You did graduate at the top of your class after all. Everyone would naturally be paying attention to the top-notch student." Ayla said. "Were you just as nervous on your graduation day? I remember seeing a recording of your graduation day. You were out on top of the podium and you had a speech to say in front of everyone." She told Gray.