Rhoswen glanced back over her shoulder as she replied. "Right. Three."
Eirenne didn't react, or at least didn't show it. She kept moving ahead of them at the same steady pace, guiding them through the station like she already knew every turn, every broken section, every place where the structure still held, and every place where it didn't.
Aurelian had no doubt she heard everything anyway, but he was surprised that she didn't add anything to the fire.
They walked for a while in silence, the sound of their steps and the faint hum of systems barely holding together filling the space around them.
The corridors were narrow and worn, the walls marked by age and damage, with sections that had clearly been repaired long ago and others left as they were.
After a while, Aurelian spoke without looking away from the path ahead.
"So, is your core data similar to the ones that others in my family got?"
Eirenne answered right away, like she had expected the question.
