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Caleb was a little surprised when he saw Celeste. He called gut, “Ms. Rodriguez?”

Celeste nodded. “Hello, Mr. Jennings.”

Caleb smiled, glancing at her. “Are you stationed here for work now?”

She shook her head. “No, my mentor asked me to come assist with something”

That made him pause.

Very few people had the authority to bring in outside personnel.

Then, Caleb remembered her close relationship with Matthias and how the two weren’t romantically involved.

It clicked “Your mentor… is Mr. Newman?”

“Yeah,” Celeste answered with a slight nod.

So, she was really one of Zachary’s students, just like Matthias,

He hadn’t even thought to connect those dots until now.

However, if she were Zachary’s student, everything suddenly made a lot of sense.

why Matthias had gone out of his way at the banquet to credit her to YodaVision’s recent breakthrough, or why his father had paid such close attention to her. It wasn’t just at his grandfather’s

must have known her background

alone wouldn’t have

Unless-

headline–making projects

possibility hit Caleb all at

stared at Celeste,

quiet and composed, and she never sought attention. He had never guessed someone so unassuming and young could

found a spot in the cafeteria and

long are you staying on base this time?” Caleb

It will depend on

since I

pilots don’t exactly get generous

have much of a lunch break either. After a brief conversation, he excused himself and headed off to deal with

again two days

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live simulation pitting human pilots against

got to work, tweaking algorithms and diving into another round of

into her department, he spotted her among

didn’t notice

finally looked up, she gave a polite nod and then returned to her screen without missing a

for nearly

the base in the dead of night