61: Keelin
Keelin
The moment Keelin heard Ryann’s voice, she sat up straight. Piran looked over. She waved him away.
Keelin paused.
She glanced over at Piran. He smirked.
“You’ve done something?”
He shrugged. “Told you I was playing about with suss-to-audio stuff, right? Involved bouncing lattice comm protocol through disparate systems. Gets techy. Didn’t work, but I kept the path.” His grin grew. “Guess it works for pure sussing, right?”
Through her connection with the Proteus, Keelin started the system checks. Sure, she’d already done them, but it was…protocol. With proximity still down, low-path over the city would need concentration.
The communication cut, and Keelin turned to Piran. “That thing with the bug going to work?”
“Why wouldn’t it?”
“The way things are going, I’m
