Chapter Forty-Five
Erik burst out laughing when he read the forensics report. They had notified Erik and Jia a few minutes after their return to the station. “Emma was right.”
“I always am,” the AI insisted.
Jia hadn’t sat down at her desk yet or opened a data window to read the report. “If you say they found evidence it was a Zitark, I’m going to hide under my desk in the fetal position.” She pointed under her desk to make sure Erik knew where he would be able to find her. “There are only so many paradigm-changing hits I can take this year.”
He shook his head. “It’s not that. I was talking about having an open mind and biases because I didn’t consider a more likely possibility than smuggled alien animals. I was thinking too much like an Uptowner.” He pointed at his data window. “Foren
