Milo Brand arrived with excellent dividers.
Valen noticed them after noticing that the investigator was dressed for an appointment rather than flight.
The Bellwater guard recognized the name and moved beside the door.
“Voluntary arrival,” Brand said. “Before the entry becomes something more colorful.”
The local clerk wrote it down.
Valen waited while the officer stated the actual inquiry and the assistance available to Brand under its process.
Then the investigator set his packet on the table.
“The summit’s about to accept a bad account of Gannet Reach. I’d prefer the figures heard before this becomes a dispute about who disliked my methods.”
