The child looks exactly like Mirek used to. All he needs is a fucking train set. Sasha erases the door to the hallway.

She explains carefully, at about a third the speed of normal speech. "In the nearer term. I am counting the number of times your actions were reported to station security. When I am finished, I will speak to Imsayed. Then I will return, and we will discuss what you have been doing for the last fourteen hours. If Ashari is satisfied with your explanation, then we will discuss whether you may leave this room. I will answer one more question."