The clerk had listed four people beneath equipment received.
Nether-Bane read their names.
He was pleased the clerk had spelled them correctly. He was less pleased by everything else.
Behind him, the chartered vessel’s crew waited for unloading directions. Iris Harth stood beside the travel supports with the arrival papers in her pale hands. Alwin Moss held the steady outline of a broad shouldered man near a secured support. Bela Torr watched the landing water. Della Norr remained close to the vessel. Eben Kite hadn’t left his chosen place at all.
“Participants,” Nether-Bane said.
The clerk blinked.
“Those are the passage cases.”
“Then list the cases as cases. Those names belong to people.”
