After they arranged for the Elites to investigate any sightings of the creatures in coastal places, they sat down on the couch, still thinking about what they had heard from the meeting, while Zack left them alone in the office to go home. “We’re never going to get a break from all the weird things, huh?” Crane blurted. “We live in a weird world,” Fiero said. “And we are the weird people living in that weird world,” Ivan added, and Zander nodded. Then Zander turned to Fiero. “Zari told me about your mate. How was it?” When Zander said that, Crane and Ivan looked at Fiero. “It’s good. I feel like the dirty old man sneaking around with a high school student,” Fiero replied. Crane furrowed his eyebrows. “Why is that?” he asked. “His mate, though older than us, is currently a high sc