[KAEL — POV]
He found her at the Ash Market tram station. Again.
He'd stopped expecting their paths to stop converging in this way—there was something about the tram station, about the specific combination of its neutrality and its familiarity, that seemed to produce them both. He didn't find it strange anymore. He found it something else, something he was still deciding on.
She was on the bench when he arrived. She was not crying and he could see she had recently not been crying—that specific look of someone who has set something down that was heavy and the muscles are still carrying the imprint.
He sat next to her.
"The Commander voted no," she said.
"I know. Riven told me."
"He's going to convene a review of my conduct." She looked at the tram tracks. "It might be fine. It might
