[He looks different when she gets there. Something has clearly happened in that hour. He's sweaty like he spent some time running. He's slightly out of breath. He looks disheveled. His clothes are covered in dust and...is that some soot?]

[It looks like he's been Up To Something.]

[His voice almost sounds the same. There's that buttoned up calm. But there is something there underneath that makes it tremble slightly.]

[He has the shock collar clicker in hand, as if he expects some violence. But that hand is shaking.]

K has helpfully opted to give us some privacy. The library has suffered from issues with the security cameras.

[Curious that he'd choose that room then.]

They...don't always tell me things. They tell me what to say...

I've received training. On the professionalism they expect, even under circumstances that are...uncomfortable.

And the rig is essential, you see. Essential.

[He keeps saying that.]

My daughter lives with her grandmother closer to the pipeline border. Closer than I'd like but my mother refuses to move and she's... well she's good with a shotgun. I trust her more than anyone with Kiara.