Major Lin noticed.
So did Lu Chengran.
Tang Li Yue looked up.
"Can I have this?"
Major Lin hesitated.
"It is my only updated copy."
Tang Li Yue smiled sweetly.
Major Lin paused.
Then slowly pushed the map toward her.
"You may borrow it."
"How generous."
"Borrow," he repeated.
"Of course."
Lu Chengran glanced at Major Lin with something almost like sympathy.
The older officer saw that expression and seemed to understand, too late, that he would probably never see the map again.
Tang Li Yue folded it and placed it inside her storage ring.
Major Lin's face barely changed, although one eyebrow twitched.
Progress.
He was becoming used to impossible things.
That was good. Or dangerous.
Probably both.
