Turtle and Helen watched Clara continue her work, the ninja pulling up and moving info boxes visible only in her port goggles, examining the contents with her interact gloves, finding nothing about Randal, and then moving on again to the next box, each info dig seeming more pointless than the last.

But Turtle and Helen did not protest the ninja’s actions either, both understanding Clara’s actions all too well. If it had been either Turtle or Helen who had disappeared, the other would have never stopped searching, no matter how tired or how futile or how bleak the situation seemed.