“I don’t like to mince words,” he said. “You’ve already been reinstated for this case. I’ve spoken to Directors Mullen and Hillis, and in light of what you’ve done, we can maintain that reinstatement—pending a psych eval, MRIs, a few other tests. You could come back, full-fledged.” Cartwright paused a moment. “Or, you could choose not to.” He tapped the brown folder with an index finger. “In here is your full debrief from this case. Once this mess is wrapped up, Zero’s files have to go somewhere. Either the archives… or the active database.”
