Alimer Holt
Written with @winterwolf0100
Raza’s library was suspended in the branches of the trees. Gondolas traveled up and down wires, carrying officers in and out of the establishment. Alimer had been here a few times before, but it had changed since he’d been out in the field. Two extra wings sprawled out into the canopy, long and thin like outstretched arms.
Beside him, the others looked around in a mix of emotions. Berkel smiled. “I’ve been to Raza before, but I don’t think I’ve ever come to their library. I didn’t really have a need to. But it’s… it’s really beautiful.”
“Extraordinary, love,” Tetia murmured, her eyes looking over everything with a feverish hunger, and Alimer remembered her mentioning that she hadn’t been here before.
Maji’s eyes zoomed through the air, all looking in different directions at once, as if trying to soak it all in. Alimer began to wonder how that worked, looking in different directions at once, but he decided it might be better not to ask.
“You must be the Ordunites!” An unfamiliar voice called. A young human officer was jogging towards them from a gondola. He skidded to a halt in front of them and, seeming to remember himself, snapped to attention. “Captain Holt, Detective James Babbock. It’s an honor, sir.”
There was an almost inaudible snort from Tetia, and he fixed her with a sideways glare before extending his hand to the detective. “A pleasure. I assume you’ll be escorting us to see Commander Belcanter.”
Detective Babbock shook his hand. He had a good, firm handshake. “Yes, sir.” He looked around at the rest of the team. “If you’d all follow me.”
Holt followed the detective inside, the others behind him. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Tetia drop behind to walk beside Maji and heard her mutter, “Should someone tell him the Captain is much too old for him?”
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