Nyx
The mark on the case was correct.
Nyx found that annoying.
Wrong marks were easier.
The research sample had come from an earlier authorized examination of the affected ground. It was sealed in a small carrier fitted with a metal collar, then transferred from the work keeper to the receiving staff before the evacuation.
The outer seal matched the entry.
So did the time.
The record keeper had placed the acceptance page beside the transfer entry. Nyx followed the reference from one to the other before looking at the case again.
The seal belonged to this sample. It had not been borrowed from a similar entry because someone was in a hurry to close a file.
She could put that possibility aside.
The carrier had been described carefully enough to identify the collar and the cover beneath its return tab. Those were the parts she kept looking at while the rest of the marks agreed.
"You're checking the repair?" the record keeper asked.
