Kodiak closes the door in Aurora Rover’s face. “We get it. You don’t want us sharing information.” I beckon Kodiak to kneel next to me. I’m pretty sure there’s no masking anything we say from OS, no matter how quietly we whisper. The ship uses audio to keep track of our pulse—there’s no hiding any words. But here I go, trying anyway. “I’m going to create a blind room,” I say. “No Rover tracks, no microphones or cameras. Then we can continue this conversation. Once I do that, we’ll figure out the truth of what’s going on here. Until then, it’s safest that we perform the part of good little
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"Open the pod bay door, HAL."
