Whatever you do, don’t make it worse by trying to come up with some flimsy excuse for why you were in the ventilation shaft, Lina told herself.

Junk?” Lina repeated, incredulous. Oh, she wasn’t about to let that pass.

Torque was the greatest thing in the world, as far as Lina was concerned.

Normally, she would never wish a head injury on anyone, but it might make her days in Archival Studies a bit easier.

She wanted to make sure she studied all the manuals thoroughly, but she had to admit that part of her hesitation was the unsettling length of the list of things that could go wrong if she mishandled the pressure.