Tess and her teammates were dressed for the moment of silence Zack made them keep for Szedra. They were in the Professor's office waiting to get clarification on what happened to her.
Tess leaned against the wall beside the window pretending to be fascinated with the dying sunset while her ears were well engaged in the conversation between Lanse and Zack.
"What's the point of this meeting?" Lanse asked, facing the Professor's empty chair on the opposite side of the table before him. "I know what I saw. Szedra mutated into a Sybervirian. Let the Elites have her, they're doing us a favor."
Zack, in the chair beside him, told him for the tenth time, "No, Szedra wasn't a Syb-victim, she couldn't have been. I've never seen her wear crests the entire time I've been here."
