The Crow and his ghost did not notice the figure hunched over the terminal when they entered the Ether Tank, but this was not unusual. Hawk was used to being invisible, even when she wasn’t trying to be. She glanced up as they passed, observing them with curiosity, before unhooking the modified splicer gauntlet and abandoning the task at hand. She leaned up against the door frame, barely stifling a laugh as Glint bombarded the Spider relentlessly, her own ghost watching on with a mixture of horror and amusement. She found her gaze dwelling on the raven-haired guardian almost a second too long, but broke her trance as he shifted his weight.

She slid back out into the cool night air and leaned against the wall, shaking her head as she waited for their retreat. Again, they were oblivious to her presence. She grinned and called out his name, causing him to trip and stumble at the abruptness of her materialisation. Disregarding any attempt now to smother her chuckles, she placed a hand on his shoulder and began walking with him. “Well I certainly wasn’t expecting that to happen tonight,”

“Neither was I,” he replied through a smirk, “Glint here had his own plans of retribution it seems,”

His ghost hovered bashfully, glad to be out in the open air now that his once confident heroism was waning. The Crow did not share his misgivings.

“It’s been a while since you’ve been around,” he smiled.

Hawk shrugged but even in the darkness he could see that her mind was far away, “There’s been a lot going on,”

“Anything you want to tell me?”

She stopped suddenly, and he followed suit, slowly turning to her. Worry had washed the smile from his face. Her eyes tilted up at him from under her cloak, and he drowned in their light, “How much time do you have?”

He flicked his amber eyes to his ghost, and then back to her, “As much as you need,”

She nodded to herself as if forcing the words to come out, “Alright,” she swallowed and slipped past him. The scent of shaved ice filled his lungs with freezing air, and his eyes narrowed as he felt the darkness of the night linger on her skin. “Bring some wine, you’re not going to believe this,”

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TIMELINE

Book: Of Starlight and Darkness

Crow

Hawk

Glint

Spider​​​​​

The Ether Tank, during the events of the lore tab V - CREDIBLE THREAT.

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After Beyond Light, Hawk decides to talk to Crow about Statis.