Kel had seven questions.
This was fewer than usual, which Ora had apparently warned him about before the meeting — that Kael had been doing sustained field work for a hundred and forty-three days and that beginning with the full question load might not be the optimal approach.
Kel had apparently considered this and reduced the list from eleven to seven.
He appreciated the consideration.
They sat in the school's courtyard — the second building's outdoor space, the morning light good, the between-frequency running at the ambient quality of a space where forty-three students with varying degrees of System sensitivity were doing their work in proximity.
