Chapter Six

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Chapter Six ‘Nuritov,’ said Konrad, upon finding himself restored to the inspector’s presence. ‘Have you happened to find any of your corpses unusually ambulatory?’ Nuritov had barely glanced up as Konrad came into his office, absorbed by some stultifying-looking stack of documents upon his desk. At these words, his head came up and he blinked at Konrad with myopic confusion. ‘Ambulatory?’ ‘I realise the circumstance would be somewhat out of the ordinary.’ Nuritov’s gaze travelled to Tasha, who responded with a casual wave. ‘Not to my knowledge,’ he murmured, taking the question with admirable composure. ‘Ought they to be?’ ‘That depends on where they have been stashed, and how far away from living organisms that might be.’ ‘Oh.’ Nuritov blinked. It took a few minutes for Konrad to

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