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that Meera not remembering meeting her fits. After speaking with Fahrn ..." He trails off for a moment, but recomposes himself quickly. Well, recompose is probably too strong a word, but he picks himself back up enough to continue at least. "Meera was in a far worse place than I knew. I knew enough though. This will be enough, I think. It's been nice to see the positive effects on her."
                  "Hong Chan, you do know that you can't keep her forever, don't you?"
                  "I know." He pauses, then says sadly, "It's still nice though."
                  I blink, then get to my feet say, "I tell you what. I'll get that update finished now. Why don't you go find Meera and keep an eye on her in case she glitches? Are you still set to take on Forrester and Carnival?"
                  "Yeah," he says, rising to join me. "No problem. Just let me know when and how far to push them. Oh, Meera should be in makeup right now. Did you want me to message you once she out? Jeanine would be paying close attention to her, so it'd be hard to hide any glitches."
                  "Yeah, sure. It'd be better to play it safe. Well, I best finish getting ready. They want me to do some promotional work for a speed match. Looks like I get my second day of competition after all, eh?"
                  "You'll enjoy it," he replies with a smile. "You did well with Connor Ford."
                  "Thank you," I say, opening the door. "Let me know if there are any problems, OK?"
                  "Sure," he says, and just like that he's gone.
                  I walk back across the room and slouch into the comfier chair with a sigh, taking in the warmth from where Hong Chan was sitting.
                  This isn't good. It's not fair either, not on Hong Chan at least. He's gotten too attached and the deeper he goes, the worse that's gonna get. Given what he said about how Fahrn would react if Meera collapsed, I'd hazard a guess that it's not been too easy on her either. Hong Chan is going to need finality though, and sooner rather than later. I could set the update to make sure that she hits collapse mode and maybe throw in a secondary program to activate afterwards and give her a set scenario to play out depending on who's present.
                  "Shit," I say under my breath. I know what I'm planning to do here, and I also know that it wouldn't have bothered me so much before last night. That's not technically true actually, I'd have still felt bad for Hong Chan, just not for Meera. If I end up accepting that Carnival is alive, then I may have to reconsider whether Meera and Finn are alive too. Would that make this murder or would a legal classification of life be needed for that?
                  "Shit," I say again, grabbing my phone from the table and hitting the speed-dial.
                  I get two rings, then a familiar voice answers, "Miss De La Cruz?"
                  "Damn it Finn, why do you have to be right all the time?"

FAHRN - 10:35
     
                  "If you needed time off, you could have spoken to me any time. You know that, right?"
                  "No," I blink, realising that Sean is genuinely concerned. "No, I didn't. I always figured that I was more of a pain in the arse for you than anything. Plus, I couldn't afford to turn down any matches. Fenrir's a costly beast to keep running."
                  "You are a pain in the arse," Sean nods, "but I'm not a slave driver. Plus, you've been responsible for a major part of Emblem's profits for the past few years. Having you hit a point where you need to step back for an extended period wouldn't make the bosses very happy with me. And besides, I like you."
                  "You like me?"
                  "Of course I like you Fahrn. You turn up, do what you're told