At the city science exhibition, Yash presented his robot.
Attached to it was a watch mechanism.
Yami noticed immediately.
"Interesting choice," she said.
Giri laughed.
"That was my suggestion, madam."
Across the hall, Yami's adopted daughter Kelly stood beside her project.
Kelly had been adopted at age eight.
Quiet.
Well-behaved.
Unusually calm.
When Yami first met her at the orphanage, Kelly had asked only one question:
"Does your house have a lot of noise?"
Yami had smiled.
"No."
Kelly agreed to be adopted.
That day at the exhibition, Kelly watched Yash carefully.
Yash watched Kelly too.
They had recently started dating.
Kelly seemed… happy.
But her eyes remained unreadable.