“If he connects the core,” Eli said, “we might not get another chance to stop him.”
Tessa kept Lysa’s list flat on the case. “We have people at three specific work positions. One may already be unable to move.”
“And more outside this building if the gate spreads.”
“Yes.”
The agreement frustrated him more than contradiction would have. He looked at the inner transfer route and tried to imagine Rook doing nothing while they stood over paper. Rook had carried the core beyond the doors. There was machinery beneath the public floor that had been left off the safety review. The demand for payment still appeared whenever Eli opened the interface. None of those facts waited politely for the others.
“We know where he went,” he said.
“We know where he was last seen.”
“Which is more than we’ve had until now.”
