At Tumultus, Thane left me in the center building with Tai while he went to retrieve a few of the other members who often traveled from Terminus to Incipio. I sat at the table in the center with all of the maps and written plans. I could hardly read the handwriting that covered them, so I turned to Tai where he stood in the corner.
"Does he think I need a bodyguard," I asked, "or is he trying to guard me from the rest of Terminus?"
Tai shrugged. "Hell if I know. He probably just wants me to guard the building."
"Right. The building," I said, raising an eyebrow at him.
"Seriously, Miranda, I'm damned if I could tell you what he's thinking most of the time. There's a reason he's the leader of Tumultus," Tai said. "If the System caught and tortured one of us for information, we wouldn't b
