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“Unknown.”
“Why?”
“Unknown.”
“Who sent you?”
Silence.
I leaned forward. “You said I needed more information.”
“You do.”
“Then give me some.”
His jaw tightened.
I could almost see the argument happening behind his eyes.
Finally, he said, “I was ordered to locate you and recover anything you removed from the laboratory.”
“Which was nothing.”
“Yes.”
I blinked. “You believe me?”
“I believe I have found no evidence you removed anything.”
“That is not the same thing.”
“No.”
At least he was consistent.
“What happens if you decide I did?”
He didn’t answer fast enough.
Cold moved through my stomach. Not the room this time.
“What happens?” I asked again.
His face closed.
“Veyr.”
“First, we determine what Sera’n found.”
Not an answer. Definitely not an answer. But I let it go. For now.
He activated the table display between us, and a blank field appeared. “Reconstruct the comparison.”
“I told you, I only saw it for a minute.”
“You said you remembered six to eight identifiers.”
“I remember pieces.”
