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“Did you ever see the victim before, in here, around the area?”

“No”

“Who did she meet here?”

“No one”

Eve druers on the cloudy surface of the bar “Okay, let’s just make this simple You tell me what time she came in, what she did, when she left, and how she left”

“I am not required to maintain surveillance on the customers”

“Right” Slowly, Eve rubbed a finger on the bar When she lifted it, she pursed her lips at the s the tip “I’m Homicide, but I’m not required to overlook health violations You know, I think if I called the Sensor Bugs in here, and they did a sweep, why they’d be shocked So shocked they’d delete the liquor license”

As threats went, she didn’t think it was particularly clever, but it was logical

The droid took a moment to access the probabilities “The woman came in at oh sixteen She didn’t drink She left at one twelve Alone”

“Did she speak to anyone?”

“She said nothing”

“Was she looking for someone?”

“I didn’t ask”

Eve lifted a brow “You observed her Did it appear she was looking for someone?”

“It appeared, but she found no one”