The Intimate Shortcut

In the collective resonance room.

The male therians took in the sight of nearly a hundred attendees and immediately broke into hushed murmurs.

"That's a huge crowd. Contamination levels probably won't fall to thirty percent."

"Doesn't matter. I'll be satisfied with a ten percent decrease."

"I think twenty percent is possible."

"What about thirty?"

"Quiet—Ms. Vance just arrived!"

Roughly an hour la