29: Keelin
Keelin
Keelin shuffled. She didn’t need to—she had enough control over her body that she could remain motionless for hours, even days at a push. But she was restless. And having Piran in the Proteus wasn’t helping, because she didn’t know what he was up to.
She monitored him via the internal sensors. When he disappeared into the toilet—and she wasn’t going to watch what he did in there— she grabbed her tools, ran through to the hatch, sealed the inner door behind her.
Piran knew she wasn’t in the bridge, though. When he reappeared he sussed.
She ground her teeth. It didn’t feel right, having him sussing now. For so long, that had just been for her and Ryann. Sure, they could tight-suss, cut him out of the conversation. But he was probing, wasn’t he? Hacking all kinds
