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Cat had anticipated a relaxing train ride to the Factory, but now he shared a cabin with Iralla. True, the woman had spoken little on their way to the station, but her silence was unsettling.
“Don said you were in Kern for a few years,” Cat said once the train pulled away. He’d called up a standard view-scene on the screen, and an artificial landscape scrolled past.
“About five,” she said, easing back her chair. She hadn’t unbuttoned her jacket, and her appearance was still overly formal. “And before that I trained in Sousie, taking the two-year agents program after a six-year stint within other branches of Authority.” She inclined her head. “That was what you were after, wasn’t it? A little background information on me?”
“My main intention was to make polite conversation, b
