"'He just—'" She pointed at the space. "'He was right there. He was holding her wrist. And then—'"
"'Yes,'" Nara said.
"'He vanished,'" Gia said.
"'Yes,'" Nara said.
"'In front of us,'" Gia said. "'That is not — that is not a thing that—'"
"'Gia,'" Meijin said. Quietly. The specific, quiet interruption of someone who has been running the calculation on this man for four days and has arrived at conclusions she is not yet ready to share out loud but is also not going to spend additional time being surprised.
Gia closed her mouth.
Aisha looked at the space where he'd been. Then at Preet. Then at Nara.
"'Is he—'" She stopped. "'Who is he,'" she said instead.
"'I don't know,'" Preet said.
