I read the line again.
3:12 p.m. — Ryan Carter reported a disturbance in the east corridor.
Rain tapped against the window.
A knock sounded once before the door opened.
Shadric stood there.
"You did not answer."
"I did not hear you."
His attention shifted from my face to the screen.
"What happened?"
"Nothing."
"That is becoming your favourite answer."
"It saves time."
He leaned against the frame.
"You have the Halston account, you received a pen, and yet you look as though someone has shaken your whole world."
I closed the attachment.
"The pen was from you?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"You are leading a new account now."
"That generally requires a laptop."
"You already have one."
"So you bought me a pen."
"I did."
"Without a card."
"You worked it out."
"That is not the same thi
