I don’t know, but it seems likely. It’s not like there are that many disturbances. “We should go to that meeting,” I said. “If it’s important enough to call a council meeting, it means they’ve drawn a conclusion.” That in itself was rare enough, as conservative as the Exchange liked to be. We agreed that I’d go with Thayu and that Nicha, Veyada and Deyu would go back to the apartment, where there was a lot still to do. According to Thayu’s source, the meeting had already started, and since most trains to the island came in the mornings and afternoons, and there were fewer in the middle of the day, Thayu ordered a water taxi. It was a flat-bottomed boat with six seats and, at the back, a huge fan-driven jet engine. The driver was a Pengali female, young enough to lack the leathered skin