Quinn stepped
back into the castle, the sounds of Milliways fading behind him as the door closed. "Ajay?" he called.
No answer, but he spotted a familiar sign on the radio rig. He didn't bother trying to read it; it was the standard 'back in ten minutes' sign Ajay put up when he had to nip off to the khazi. The radio's lights were flickering as usual; it seemed as if all was well. He turned to head back out, down the corridor that led to the archives, glad suddenly for the silence.