"Trialists are indeed enviable," Aleksey said, settling down into his seat.
Mu Ying nodded and, without further pleasantries, got straight to the point, "Does the collaborative agreement on the Forum still stand?"
"Of course it does," Aleksey replied. "I'm genuinely worried about Draco. After the apocalypse, our relatives were all gone, leaving just the two of us brothers. Although before the end of the world we had different interests and chose to develop in different places, we were always close brothers. But I know how hard it is to find someone in the wilderness. Regardless of whether you ultimately find him or not, the deal with the Transmission Array stands. As long as you've seriously looked for him, that's enough."
Aleksey feared he might be asking too much. With his younger brother's terrible sense of direction, he could manage to get by in familiar places, and with a phone, he could follow the GPS to find his way even in unfamiliar places.
