Chapter 8 of A Four-Dimensional Plot now live!
"Knock, knock!" A cheerful, accented voice sang from behind me.
I spun around in my chair, heart-rate spiking, and resisted the urge to grab for my Rimloc.
Mrs. Mei waved at me, smiling, and stuffed a cleaning rag into one of the pockets on her jumpsuit. Typically, I tracked people by their footsteps, which was easy enough in this quiet of an office—but she hadn't made a sound. She had this almost uncanny way of appearing places, as if she just popped up there via teleportation.
I swallowed my shock and smiled. "Mrs. Mei! How may I help you?" It would have been better to open with some pleasantries—and a less high-pitched voice—but I was more keyed up than I had realized.
She took it in stride. "Oh, no trouble," she said, rubbing at a spot on the cubicle doorway, as if she were here to dispatch an offending smudge of dust. "I only had a small favor to ask of you, since you are very kind."
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