Tori felt foolishly impatient when she found all the others in the corridor on the way to the bridge. “Here you are.”

“Sorry,” Gabe said. “It took a minute to gather everybody.”

“I still don’t understand what’s going on,” Brian said.

“We need you to look at some numbers,” Tori said.

“You need me to look at some numbers?” Brian’s eyebrows shot nearly to his hairline.

Tori actually grinned. “Yeah, nobody’s more surprised than me. Just look here and read me the numbers you see.”

Brian looked over at Gabe, who nodded.

“You all are going to let us in on the joke at some point, right?”

“It’s not a joke,” Tori said. “Just read...

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