“It can’t be,” Turtle said. “No, it can’t be.”

“It is,” Sprite said simply.

“But how do you know?” the dart asked, unbelieving.

“He’s an unknown in their system, but through their own covert methods, they’re trying to discover who Randal is as much as we’re trying to find him.”

Turtle swallowed, looking to the floor. “But I don’t understand. We’re always so careful.”

“It makes sense though. Randal disappears. I’m black marked. Ran and I were the only ones working on this last one, so we were the closest to him. We’d be the first for him to find.”