Yui followed Elias up the stairs with one hand near his weapon and the other holding the scanner low against his leg.
"Explain the part where you pretend to be hotel staff while carrying two drinks into a room with a fugitive president and a teleporting child."
Elias balanced the glasses on a tray Dots had made too clean for the uniform.
"People open doors for staff, they shoot soldiers, and I am choosing the door version."
"You are assuming they wait long enough to recognize the difference."
"I am assuming the kid is tired, sick, and scared, which means a calm entrance matters."
