Katelina and Verchiel got off the elevator on the sixth floor, and Verchiel bundled her along to the lounge, though he didn't look enthusiastic about it. "She's already searched up here," he explained. "So they probably won't look again."

She started to ask how he knew, but she figured it out. His stress induced mind reading was working again.

"Yes, as a matter of fact, it is! So now would be the perfect time to play twenty questions. You pick first."

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