Of course she'd gotten the number. Eidetic memories were one of the easier line-items on her design sheet. Not that they'd ever told her that, but she and her siblings had breezed through those tests and the researchers hadn't bothered to hide their boredom. It did come in handy, though.

Taura was right behind Rita, and they slipped quietly through the room. A flash of color caught her eye, and she glanced to the side -- there was someone walking across the center of the room, not trying to hide himself at all. She set a gentle hand -- the one not holding the stunner -- on Rita's shoulder and urged her forward silently. Whoever it was, he wasn't trying to hide, but they were.