... [His head bows.] Maes showed me the draft announcement and the list last night. [Trace. Feel the warm steam on his face. Sip.] They're not usually so... impersonal. I will have to ask Miss Raine if they've done this before. She's been here since pretty much the beginning.

... haven't heard much out of Miss Molly or Sir Catherine. Or Mister CJ. Or any of the rest of them. [He assumes this hasn't changed since he's been gone.] Haven't seen the General for practically a year... and the mysterious Miss Rem and ANI have been out of the picture longer.





Something's coming. Yes.