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big green eyes stood out suddenly. Her hair was dark
brown, where it before had seemed black, and it didn’t look like a basket of
knotted rope anymore.
    Frey
fell in behind Li while she rubbed her arm, still having a hard time seeing her
skin so clean. The scarring stood out all the more and she was reminded of all
the times she and Jin, had ended up bloody and hurt.
    Li led
her through his apartment and Frey marveled at how big it was.
    The
glass elevator was uncomfortable. Frey had never feared heights, but caught herself holding onto the rail on both side, imagining the
floor crack below her feet.
    “It is
quite safe,” Li assured her.
    “Why
does everything have to be made of bloody glass?”
    “Why…”
Li said slowly, as if he hadn’t given it much thought. “That’s how it’s always
been, and I’ve been around for some time, mind you.”
    “How
old are you?” She asked, having wondered that for some time now.
    They
were going down very fast judging from everything speeding past.
    Li
looked at her for a while. “Older than I look…” He wouldn’t say more and she
didn’t press him.
    It
took them another twenty seconds to reach the basement. And yes, basement was
finally a word that seemed to fit the description in her eyes. The only
exception was that the roof was high.
    It was
like a labyrinth with all the tables and walls, screens and boards, glassed in
rooms, computers and cords practically everywhere. It was organized chaos.
    To the
left was a kitchen area, simple and reminding her of home, although these were
clean and with not one scratch visible on the surfaces. Farthest to the right
was a couple of slide doors, these ones black and not made out of glass. One for women and one for men.
    “Toilets,”
Li said while they snaked their way around tables and shelves, moving towards
the wall at the end, where a black screen covered the entire wall. It was
showing recordings of different parts inside the Dome building.
    Every
face turned to watch her as she walked past and Frey felt herself tense at being the centre of attention. People were
whispering and pointing, but Li told them to get back to work and they did.
    She
recognized most of the equipment. The computers, the televisions
screens, the printers and scanning machines, cameras and film cameras. There was a lot more she had seen before but never known the purpose for.
Compared to all the other eclectic equipment so far, this looked old and worn.
    “This
equipment cannot be traced or hacked. The basement also cuts off any modern
communication device,” Li explained when she asked. They made their way up to
the big screens at the end.
    The
man Jonas and Tina, Frey recognized. There were three others, sitting at one
desk each, two of them with headphones on, only covering one ear.
    “Jon
and Tina you have met. Our two hackers are Harry and Lallie .
They happen to be twins, even if they do not look it and work with decoding
information from whatever line we can tap into. Harry you have actually met as
well.
    “Almost
broke my finger,” he said holding his hand up.
    Li
ignored him. “The big man is Lukas. He is part of our solider Intel together
with Jon. They work undercover for the guard force. Tina is our computer
technician. She also handles getting us past firewalls and such obstacles.” Li
looked at them in turn. “Don’t bury her with questions,” Li said before turning
to Frey again. “I am off to maintain my outwards appetence, if there is anything
you need, just ask anyone here and they will help you. I will be back tomorrow
morning,” the latter he said to the rest of the group as well.
    Frey
turned to Tina as she came up to her, Li heading back to the elevators. “He’s
the most famous cell developer in Alya . He’s also the
only reason we’re able to have come so far. Without his help and his
investment, we would be… well, not here. Coffee?”
    “Ah,
no.” It was the second time Frey had heard the name Alya and by