Thane escorted me back to Incipio, but by then we had returned to not speaking, and neither of us said a word until we had ascended to the top of the Terminal again. There, Thane pulled his hood over his head and blended into the shadows.

"Good luck, Miranda," he said, voice barely breaking the silence. "If you need me, you know where to find me."

"Wait, Thane - "

He had already vanished. I swallowed and turned away from the ports, heading in the direction of the ...