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Large cords went
in all directions on the floor and the computer screens flickered
with words moving faster than Anlon could read.
    "How are you doing Officer Giustino?" A
silver humanoid approached from behind them.
    Giustino half ignored it. "Good Camillus, now
get back to work."
    The humanoid stood there for a second, then
turned to go back to what it had been doing before approaching
them. Before leaving, it looked at Anlon for a split second and he
swore he saw a smile flash across its human-like face.
    "Okay," Giustino said, still typing
information into the giant computer. "It's searching for anyone
your Dad may have worked with in GSOU."
    "What exactly is this place?" Anlon
asked.
    "It doesn't exist first off, remember that.
You're only here because these are special circumstances," Giustino
said, glaring at Anlon. "And this is where we can search for anyone
in the Galaxy and pinpoint their exact location. All these
computers you see, log information gathered from all of the
planets. When we search on this one, the information we are looking
for is gathered from all the smaller computers throughout the room
and displayed for us here in one spot," He typed in more
information. "Very few officers know about this database because
only individuals with high clearance can access it. There are other
computers upstairs that are similar, but they won't reveal certain
things, like how your Dad works for the GSOU. Some information is
best left unknown, and when in the wrong hands, disastrous thing
can happen."
    "Look," Kanti pointed to the screen. "There's
one person Armino worked with, and they live right here on
Gaea!"
    Giustino grinned. "Finally, we may have found
a break on this case. He won't be able to tell us everything, but
he may know who these races are and where they have gone. That's
all we need right now because I'm confident we won't find the races
we're looking for down here."
    Anlon looked up at the screen and remembered
his name: Moran Borislav. He made mental note of where he lived
before Giustino cut off the image. He was aware that Giustino and
Kanti would make their way out there as soon as they could, but he
would get there first, before either one of them could question
Moran.
    "That's everything we need for now," Giustino
said, turning around towards the elevator.
    Anlon and Kanti followed him on and they
ascended back up to the main floor of the police station. On the
way up Anlon caught a glimpse of the humanoid staring at him again
through the glass with a smile on his human-like face.
    "That's all we're going to need from you
today Anlon. I'll have Kanti take you back to your house."
    Kanti looked over at Anlon. "Let's get you
back home."
    She led him back down the narrow hall that
they had come through when they first entered the station and
walked out into the garage.
    "How am I going to go back home, if you know,
there's still..." Anlon started.
    "The robots will have cleaned everything up
by now. You won't even know that anything happened there," She
looked apologizingly at him. "I mean, you will know, but you won't
see anything left that will remind you of what happened there is
what I meant to say."
    Kanti walked up to her car and unlocked it
for both of them to get into. Anlon got in and sat down in the
passenger seat next to Kanti.
    "Thank you for everything," He forced a
smile. "I really appreciate it Kanti."
    They made their way back to Anlon's house
with some small talk to get their minds off of the gruesome
execution of his family. Anlon learned a little bit more about
Kanti and she learned some more about him. Anlon couldn't help but
to start to like Kanti a little bit because of their somewhat
similar situation. He didn't have many friends because he was more
of a loner, but Kanti didn't have many either because she had lived
her whole life on Demeter isolated from humans.
    As they pulled up, Anlon immediately saw that
there was no sign that anything had happened at his house