It was the next week after Kaia’s encounter with the younger Wyatt, and she still hadn’t made the connection between father and daughter. As promised, she was in the Engineering Lab, having told Abbey which one and when to come. She wondered if maybe she should invite Kiama to this little pow-wow for her expertise, but decided to just work on it by herself for now.

The Engineer was messing around with the tolerances on her wooden prototype when she heard the footsteps.

Kaia, Eng.