Orrin was awake, sitting by the window, doing something with a small notebook that he closed when she entered. He nodded at her once. She nodded back. This was the full extent of what either of them required from the exchange.
Petra was at the far end of the room, also awake, reviewing something by lamplight with the focused efficiency that she brought to everything. She looked up briefly when Elara entered, assessed that nothing required immediate action, and returned to her work.
Callum was asleep. Roen was awake but horizontal, which was a compromise between exhaustion and the inability to fully commit to sleep under current circumstances.
Nadia was at a secondary table running what appeared to be a relay check on the communication network — small movements, careful attention, the particular quality of someone maintaining a system that needed to stay clean.
