49 - 49 - They sat in the meeting room close to her office, the one with the large round table. Genna took the seat at the rear of the room, Aleph sat to her left, Leopold to her right. Miolar was next to Leopold, and Rannall, once more in his walking clothes, sat in the remaining seat, between Miolar and Aleph. “Aleph,” Genna said. “Give us an explanation.” “Simple one, right? Not too many technical words.” There was the hint of a smile on her lips. “More important that it’s fast. We need to get moving.” “Sure.” She tapped her screen, figures and graphs appearing on the wall screen behind her, meaningless to anyone but Aleph herself. “Definitely someone listening in to communication,” she said. “Mutated worm. Didn’t notice it because it mimics the code around it.” She pulled a face

