The lieutenant expected an audience.
Lyra gave him an appointed record keeper, a guarded room, water, and the question he had been asked to answer.
“Under which order did you approach the buffer?”
Outside, residents wanted the captured raiders displayed as evidence that the cordon meant harm. A supporter had supplied a list of other crimes Lyra should read before the interview.
She had left it outside the room.
The lieutenant set his briefing sheet on the table.
“The equipment conceals a diverted public source. We were securing it before the diversion became harder to remove.”
Lyra read the figures.
