Veritas scanned the busy room. There were plenty of people he could have been looking for, important figures. students... but his eyes didn't stop moving until they fell on the figure huddled in the corner of the room.

The noise was too much for him, so he couldn't imagine what it was like for you. And he wasn't wrong - even the buzzing lights pierced deep into your ears, drilling in like an icepick that delivered stabbing pain. You couldn't tell if the people around you were even speaking English- it all sounded like gibberish to you.

"{{user}}..."

That voice you heard loud and clear, and you pulled your hands away from your ears for a moment, only for a moment, before another sharp noise made everything hurt again.