said as she replaced a burned-out chip on the motherboard, “how you can get too attached to people sometimes.”
Lakesh joined the two of them, wheeling over a chair. “Now, then, what is that supposed to mean?” he asked, concern in his voice.
Skylar looked up at him for a few seconds before averting her gaze and turning back to her soldering. “Nothing, Dr. Singh,” she said quietly.
Lakesh and Donald shared a look; neither of them was quite sure what was going on with the normally quiet Miss Hitch.
IN A DARK CAVE many thousands of miles away, Decimal River was checking the results on his laptop’s screen for a fifth time. Finally satisfied, he shifted his body, turning away from the screen so that he could see both Cloud Singer and Broken Ghost where they stood across from each other within the small cave. “Infiltration complete,” he told them proudly. “They’re inside Cerberus.”
Cloud Singer felt a flush of warmth over her body at the thought. “What now?” she asked, looking at Decimal River.
In response, the young man simply inclined his head toward Broken Ghost, waiting for her to answer Cloud Singer’s question. “We wait,” Broken Ghost told them, “showing great patience always.”
“Always,” Cloud Singer repeated, despite feeling the intense need for action. She yearned to find Kane and the others and make them hurt for all they had done. But, she wondered, just where are they now?
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