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‘How did they h that?’

‘They didn’t, usually They routed them round some other way But it was useful if you were in a hurry’

He jerked a thumb at the‘Have you ever seen anyone out there?’

‘No Nor has anyone’ The passageway levelled out, then began to slope doards again ‘Now if only we could find a Traverse that accessed onto that, wouldn’t it be interesting’

‘Yeah That was one of the big topics of conversation a around, and she sahat she wanted on the left ‘Just aa slot in the wall ‘Let me drop this book off for Coppelia’

Kai nodded, and slouched against the wall, leaving Irene to take an envelope from the stack by the wall slot and slide her book into it He did lean over just a little bit as she scribbled Coppelia’s nah to see the title of the book, and his eyes narrowed in curiosity ‘You could always take it to her in person,’ he suggested ‘Say you wanted to nment while you were there’

Irene dropped the envelope into the slot and raised an eyebrow at hinorant buffoon who didn’t kno to read orders, let alone follow them Someone who clearly didn’t deserve any sort ofback to her forI needed’

‘Oh’ Kai sighed ‘Oh well’

‘Did you think I hadn’t heard that speech fro you hadn’t’

‘Yes’ Irene gave hiain ‘Good try, though So, 395’ The corridor turned and they walked into a roolossy cerahis focus on the monitor’s screen His brown suit was scruffy and battered at the elbows and knees, and lace cuffs framed his bony wrists It was probably appropriate for whatever alternate he’d just coo to And it was still better than Irene’s current battered grey dress

‘See,’ Irene said, and took a seat at the other teret to the Traverse point for thiselse I can about that world, she added to herself She’d been too flustered by Kai’s arrival to do the sort of research she’d normally put in on a mission Also, even if they were briefed by the alternate’s Librarian-in-Residence, it’d be useful to have so