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Sabik stared at the map while Arlo spoke with Phecda’s hologram.
“Arlo, how much do you know of this?”
“Enough.”
Sabik turned, “Enough that you’re complicit in it?”
“It’s been long, long years since you’ve looked at me like that.”
“It’s been long, long years since I’ve thought to second guess your motives.”
An LED flashed on the console. Arlo turned to it. He pressed the touchscreen, and another form materialized next to Amalthea’s patient image.
Zosma’s eyes took in the room. He nodded casually to Phecda and Amalthea before directing his attention to Sabik. “It has come to my attention that she is under your protection.”
Sabik’s blank mask betrayed nothing. Arlo didn’t have the same level of patience. He stood stiff, finger hovering over the panel that would terminate the cal
