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Sera’n leaned closer.

I turned the record around and pointed. “The secondary accession is already flagged.”

He stared at it.

Then sat back.

“No. You did not.”

I smiled. “That sounded painful.”

“It was.”

“Good.”

His expression shifted toward something almost offended before a chime came from my wrist display.

I checked it.

One message.

HOME?

No greeting.

No name.

No unnecessary words.

Veyr.

I smiled before I could stop myself.

Sera’n noticed.

I ignored him and typed back.

Leaving now.

The response came immediately.

GOOD.

I stared at it before replying.

That sounded disturbingly like an order.

Three dots appeared.

Disappeared.

Reappeared.

REQUEST.

I laughed.

Sera’n’s eyes cut toward my wrist display, still lit with Veyr’s message. “That him?”