17 - 17 - Over the next day, Rodin followed Leopold across the Dome. He visited the Council buildings early in the morning—and Rodin remained outside, unwilling to pass the more stringent security checks, not wanting to get too close to Kharem—but only remained inside for an hour. He then stopped at a couple of office buildings. Rodin noted where his fingers tapped on the door screens, checked on the companies the man visited. The first was TrueVoice, a company that specialised in promotional videos, followed by Borratech, an organisation that listed itself as ‘the Dome’s leading influencer platform’. Words that could mean anything, but they increased the deep throb behind Rodin’s eyes. Lunch was at a small eatery on the edge of a park, and Leopold dined alone, eating a salad. But

