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“And ill find them,” he replies “With precision, not an army”

“Then we need to refine our search,” the Pink says

Daxo waves a hand and a rows out of the table in three di, Lyria”

My eyes scan the hundreds of half-completed skyscrapers They all look the same “How am I supposed to do that? All these look the sa with crows after me”

“I told you ould happen if you did not cooperate,” Daxo says

“Gods, Daxo, give the girl a damn moment,” the Pink says froh an ordeal Do you need pain medication for your arm, Lyria?” I nod in thanks “Coffee with morphone,” she says into a com Acoffee down in front of me

“My na the servant “I was the steward for Darrow of Lykos”

His steward? Then she knows the Reaper better than almost anyone “Thank you,” I say as I sip the coffee and feel the cool relief of the morphone as it dulls the pain in my shoulder

“We’re all people in the end Good to re the son of the Sovereign back Pax is dear to all of us Such a soft soul You’ve met him?” I nod “So you can understand how o, a tram depot, a monument perhaps?”

“There was a tramway,” I say “Broken I ran there when I escaped fro to find a way up out of Lost City”

“How far did you run? A kilometer? Two?” Daxo asks

“Maybe four Couldn’t have been more before I found it”

He filters out all buildings more than four kilo like this” I sketch a finger along the tramline toward the pedestrian stairs that lead up to the checkpoint I re with lichen “I started near station…17, I think”

Daxo nods to Holiday and she steps away to radio teaone by now, so send the forensics teae showing all ships entering and leaving that district”

“You’re doing wonderfully, Lyria,” Theodora says “This is the only way to help yourself—by continuing to cooperate” I don’t like the way she says it “Now,” she says with a soft smile, “when did the Society recruit you?”