Evening came around and Lucas...was still in the work-station.
Earlier in the day, Wally had arrived with his elder sister to offer their appreciation for Lucas' help as well as the vestige he gave Wally, however, the latter refused the monetary gift. In the end, Wally's sister had invited him over for dinner with the family as a way of saying thanks, but Lucas had also rejected that.
There was a reason why he was single despite living two lifetimes, and that was because Lucas prioritised his work more than anything. To Lucas, nothing was better than studying metals and working with them. Everything else came secondary.
"It's about time I closed the store." Lucas murmured as he paused his work and left the room.
One might wonder why he would leave the store open while staying elsewhere, questioning whether Lucas wasn't afraid of being robbed. The truth was, he wasn't. There was no better security than the system, and within the store, the system was an all-seeing existence.
