“Why?” “Why, what?” “Why did you remove my person from the Google campus?” She felt the blood drain from her face, and her mind went completely blank. “I … I don’t know.” “Why did you remove my person from the Google campus?” the voice in her ear repeated. “Where were you taking me?” “I needed the van.” “Where were you taking me?” “I don’t know! I didn’t have a plan. I was just trying to get as far away from there as possible. You were in the van. I needed the van to get away.” The creature remained still, impartial, impossible to read. “You could have removed my person from the van.”
