Ballard himself figured the other terrorist, the one still hiding in plain sight under his nose on the Chiron, was the one who had prepped the ship’s systems for takeover by Uwais, but he kept this assessment to himself.
After much discussion of the pros and cons of letting the FBI agent roam free, Joshua granted him the right to investigate. Then the mediator had collapsed in his bed and shooed them all away so he could die in peace.
But Joshua had not dismissed Ballard without a remarkable number of carefully detailed instructions. He had not only required Ballard to let this bot follow him around, practically touching him, he’d also required that Ballard under no circumstances touch anyone else. If someone refused to answer civil questions, Joshua himself would review the justificatio
