“When the Mandate first established administration,” Krissana is saying, “they actually prohibited contact between human and haruspex. Literally human citizens couldn’t notice a haruspex, had to pretend not to see and hear them in public. That interdict was just lifted, oh, nineteen years ago? The marriages started pretty much immediately—there must have been a lot of illegal crushes around. Not many haruspices marry other haruspices, though.” “Too many AIs in the mix?” “No.” Krissana smirks. “Too much ego.”
