"You recognized me." I close the distance between us though she backpedals slightly, nervous, despite the fact she's the one who came to see me.

"Yes," she says, the hand holding her dead lighter in front of her shaking. Her voice barely rises above a whisper. I come to a halt, not wanting to scare her off, but needing to know what she knows. And who she is, exactly.

"You're Steam Union?" Where is Piers? He obviously didn't find ...