Fate always loved playing jokes on people.
Just when you thought you were destined to live an ordinary life, you achieved things that ordinary people could never imagine.
And just when you thought you were destined to live a privileged life, a prince or princess born for glory and happiness, some unexpected turn of events could send you crashing back down to earth.
There were countless examples like that. Almost everyone encountered something of the sort, whether it was a major event or a minor one.
Dilos was no exception. He just hadn't expected that when trouble came knocking again, it would be something this serious.
After talking with Ororo that day, he began preparing for the interaction session the next day. He searched online for videos of similar sessions, studying how the people in them spoke and behaved while imagining himself in the same situations...
In any case, this was Dilos's first time doing anything like this, and he didn't want to mess it up. He wanted to do it perfectly.
And so, Dilos kept studying until seven or eight that evening.
According to his original plan, he intended to keep at it until the next morning. Given his superhuman physical and mental stamina, he could go two days without sleep or rest and be perfectly fine. But just as he was about to continue researching, a small news window popped up on his screen.
It was the sort of thing news outlets used to draw attention to their stories. Whenever something important happened, one of these windows would pop up with text and video. It let people learn about the news right away and encouraged them to pay attention to the outlet's coverage.
Dilos usually closed these pop-ups as soon as they appeared. They were generally full of