Breaking Character

A beat.

“Low-level current runs along the outer grid—not enough to harm them, but enough to condition movement. They don’t cross it.”

Kira smiled, satisfied. “So they stay exactly where they’re supposed to.”

Her eyes gleamed faintly.

“And they’re very well fed.”

Diaz continued, unfazed. “They help with… cleanup.”

A brief pause.

No one asked what that meant.

They didn’t need to.

A faint sm