You Will Regret Rejecting Me
She hadn't offered any, and didn't intend to; the argument in the corridor had settled what she would do, not what he'd cost them by not waiting for it.
Corel, three cots down, had been quiet through all of it, but he lifted his head at the word ‘ceiling’ like it meant something specific to him now. "The lag," he said, slow, each word arriving half a beat behind where he seemed to want it. "You're describing my lag. Not the field. The ‘lag’. Signal shows up, but late, like it took a longer road to get there." He worked his jaw, frustration at the delay visible even as he pushed through it. "If she's got two, maybe one of hers is doing that. Arriving late. Not weak. ‘Late.’ "
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