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Joseph gazed at her in the silence. “So he left.”
“Yeah.”
Kaiya sat across from the Chief Inspector, staring at the holos on his desk.
“How do you feel about that?”
She sighed. “I don’t want to think about it.” She no longer had the energy to delve within herself and confront what was there. All she wanted was to float away into some state of endless dreaming, disconnected from all the cares and concerns of humankind.
“I understand,” Joseph said.
Kaiya closed her eyes in weariness and realised that she believed him.
“Did you bring your phone?” he asked.
“I still can’t use it.”
“Not here, no, but you’ll have service again as we approach Akheron,” Joseph said. “Non-Occupied areas managed to repair transmission nodes after the Network virus. We still have another week or so befor
