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Steve's brows shoot up, but he doesn't have to force a grin when Ghost turns his optic back his way, as if unsure he'd be welcome to tag along with the New Light. "Come on, I'll be quick with the food and then we can hang out until Blaze is finished up. It's no trouble."

Siri's eyeing Blaze a bit at the insinuation that she couldn't Handle whatever Steve needs, but she flits her points as if to shrug a second later before leading the trio off for the evening.

The door Blaze stands in front of is simple and unadorned with any kind of hanging sign or knickknack outside the living quarters. She'll get no response if she knocks at the door, but it hasn't been locked just yet. Explaining to Nike that these quarters are Her Property has been an uphill battle. She only acquiesced at all on the condition it be put to some sort of practical use, so it stores much of the gear Steve and Blaze collect aside from the spare weapons they're required to keep locked up in the vault.

Patrol beacons, toolboxes, some boxed up belongings of Steve and Natasha's that the group hasn't had the heart to give away or sell just yet--all of it sits neat and orderly along every spare inch of storage space in this dormitory. Nike's own gear is tucked into her small closet. As she has no Ghost she has no access to the vault proper so her weapons have been carefully arranged in a weapons locker taken from ~~Steve's house~~ the Guardian base inside the Nexus. Her robes and combat gear have already been hung up for the evening.

When not on duty Nike prefers to go barefooted and wear the dress Blaze made for her out of titan marks. There are red marks on her normally flawless face from her tears, though she isn't crying any longer when Blaze lets herself in. She's seated perfectly still at the foot of her bed with an empty mug in her hands. Her shoulders are slumped with a fatigue she doesn't often carry.

It takes her a moment even to notice Blaze is there, but when the Exo inevitably speaks Nike jerks her head up to meet Blaze's gaze.

"....I'm sorry, did you try to message me?" She hasn't even taken her PINpoint out of her gear. And of course, she hasn't been Summoned. Not even her own thoughts could make her fail to hear that kind of a call. Then again, Blaze has never been very good at summoning her in a traditional way. "Has it gotten that late already, or did you come back early...?"

She hopes Steve didn't send for Blaze on her behalf.