Following the Physician’s instructions, I led my friends upstairs, then back around to the elevator. When it opened on the first level, my hands were clenched into fists, ready to fight. I stepped out into the lobby, Kyer at my side, Brin and Lyra ready to fight, as well.
There were no Officers in sight, but a woman behind the reception desk stood when she saw me and started to clap.
Another woman looked up from her console and she, too, clapped. From the door that led into the Health Center offices, two men stepped forward, grinning broadly as they joined us. “I dreamed of my Other,” one said, sounding relieved.
His friend laughed. “If he hadn’t, the Officers would’ve been the last thing he needed to worry about this morning! Me, I dreamed of that bridge you told us about, the one that
