Alex read the bank copies while Mingyue sat with Luna.
They had changed places after Mingyue returned from the receiving rooms. Their daughter knew where he was going, and he had left the little house standing in the garden rather than clearing it away to make room for another display.
Beatrice's father had lost money through a research fraud. The approvals had tied useful people together through something none of them wanted examined.
Varyn's security-office references continued beyond that group.
"Find the office copies for these references," he said. "We need to see what was ordered, not just who was paid."
Vesa contacted the surviving staff through the bank clerk. By the time Alex reached Proxima, a records officer was waiting in a security annex outside the worst of the destruction.
Varyn was there too.
