DANTE

I told Marcus that evening to move Voss's transport to this territory. I wanted Corvin to speak with him within the week, and I wanted the information that conversation produced before we made any irreversible decisions about the timeline.

I told Lyra to begin quiet preparations for an extended operational period, the kind of preparations that didn't announce themselves but that she would know how to make. Extra supplies, updated healer protocols, communication chains that would ...