Saffi felt her face heat and hated that it did. "I… Uh… Browse"
"You browse what"
"The files" Saffi replied. "Sometimes. When you are in the bathroom. Or sleeping. Rarely sleeping. I was looking for Luminite behaviors that could help me with my stubborn chunk, but "classified" is a very inviting word"
Alteea stared. Then the stare cracked, and she covered her mouth with the back of her hand in a gesture that might have been polite or might have been the last line between her and laughter. She laughed anyway. A quiet, guilty sound. "Of course you do"
"I didn't copy" Saffi added quickly. "Or show anyone. I just… read. And later wished I hadn't"
Alteea's smile fell away. Not anger. Thought. "You said the one survivor. You said scientist. From inside the walls"
"That's what the report said"
Saffi picked up the loupe just to have something to look through that wasn't a person she respected. "And Raizen and Obi say the same thing!"
"Excuse me? They know!?"
