Jena rounded her desk with a heavy sigh, taking position just behind her chair. “The light show is actually a guest that I"ve invited to join us,” she said. “Everyone, meet Ven.”
Anna"s mouth dropped open, and she blinked several times in confusion. “This is Ven?” she asked, dropping into the chair next to Jack. “As in the artificial intelligence that left Leyria over a hundred years ago?”
For a brief moment, the hologram flickered, and when it stabilized, it seemed to be facing Anna. “Pleased to meet you,” Ven said, bowing his ghostly head to her. His voice came through the speakers on the wall.
“Likewise?”
A wince passed over Jena"s face, but she cleared her mind with a quick shake of her head. “No one else knows Ven is here,” she said, taking her seat. “And I"m of the opinion that w
