He got a hotel room in a city bubble that wasn't affiliated with DASS, and spent the next twenty minutes flipping everything over and inside out, looking for surveillance of any kind.

" Don't worry, Nova," he said, down on his hands and knees, sticking an electromagnetic shielding array under the bed. " I've accounted for this in my plans. As long as we keep Prima with the research division as a cultural liaison, we should be able to communicate with minimal interference."

... Truthfully, Nova still wanted him to come back with him to Storam, so he was annoyed by this.

" Mm," he acknowledged halfheartedly, looking down at him.

... How could he make William understand? He seemed so far away, even though he was right there. Nova was not ready or willing to part from him.

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