The supervisor exhaled, a cloud of recycled breath fogging his visor. "Because my batch number is V-z4dos too. First run. Fifteen years ago. They told me I was the only one they didn't wipe."
The voice went silent for three seconds. Long enough. Kinechan - V-z4dos
Kinechan stopped. Turned her head. Through the mist, she could just make out a figure—a maintenance supervisor, badge glinting, face hidden behind a respirator. He wasn't reaching for an alarm. He wasn't calling for backup. The supervisor exhaled, a cloud of recycled breath
Kinechan, Unit V-z4dos Status: Active / Non-Compliant Location: The Spiral Grooves, Orbital Ring 7 The supervisor exhaled