And thus, the secret plans for Ren's birthday party took shape.
The next day, Ren found that Fang had run away from SIMS as soon as they were done for the day, while Ren had been pulled away by some department or the other to check on or to discuss new research projects. Of course, Ren didn't mind talking about the medical advancements from his previous world and set people to work on it – after all, that was a very good thing for this world!
But after Fang ran away for the second day in a row, Ren was worried and called Pax.
"Yes, yes, your little darling is at Sirocco – I needed his help with something and called him here," Pax said without preamble the moment the phone call got connected.
Ren was stunned into silence for a moment. "All right, then," he murmured. "How long do you need Fang for?"