Chapter 12 Ark Outpost 2 (2/2)
”Nice to meet you, Administrator Tepei, I'm John Connor.” John politely introduced himself.
”I'm Lenny. Just Lenny” Lenny followed John and casually introduced himself.
John facepalmed, [We meeting a Hylotl, they are an extremely polite and tradition based race. To act this rude in front of them, you are making yourself look stupid.]
”Hm?” John looked at Itsuki and Tepei. They didn't react as he expected.
”Surprised?” Tepei saw the confusion in John's face and chuckled, ”He he he... We usually have some Novakids coming and going from time to time, we are already used to their peculiar... Behavior.”
”Oh...” John nodded in understanding.
Tepei made a few hand signals and then Itsuki and the guards retreated from the building, ”Good, now that we had a small talk let's get back to business.” Tepei sat up and turned on his computer, ”You are here because you need an identification card, right?”
”Yes,” John nodded.
”Alright let's get it done then.” Tepei tapped at his touchscreen keyboard, ”I'm going to make some simple questions and then you answer, are you okay with that?”
Both John and Lenny nodded in agreement.
”What is your full name?” Tepei started asking.
”John Connor” John answered.
”Lenny” Lenny answered as he lazily sat on the reception's sofa. He realized that John and Tepei were looking at him, ”What? It really is Lenny, just Lenny, okay?”
”How old are you?”
”I'm 18 years old”
”I'm 43 years old” Lenny answered.
”What is your occupation?”
”I'm a... Protector” John hesitated for a moment but still answered.
”Oh? Tepei took his eyes off the screen and glanced at John, his eyes gleamed with a mysterious light, ”That's why I thought I had seen this uniform before.”
John was still wearing his blue Protector uniform so it was easy to identify him as a Protector.
”I'm a Bounty Hunter” Lenny answered.
...
After a few more questions they finally ended the process.
”Okay, now these are your identification cards.” Tepei gave to John and Lenny a red card.
The card had a photo and some information about both of them.
”We welcome our two new visitors.” Tepei gave a slight bow toward them.
”Thanks” John returned the bow.
Lenny was lazily seating on the sofa dozing off.
John kicked Lenny's feet, waking him up, ”We will be taking our leave then.”
John left the building with the complaining Lenny.
Tepei stood by the door staring at the two for a moment before he went back to the office.