"Thank you, Nihlus." If there's anything else Yori can do to find Rinzler, it will have to wait until she talks whoever is in charge into giving her the right permissions for this system. "I'll do that." Anyone willing to help is worth remembering.

Even knowing nothing about Nihlus, she's impressed at his calm friendly posture. Not many Users have managed to sound so nonthreatening to a worried program. She'd like to believe he's sincere. And if he's not, better to test it now.

Yori nods at the next offer, rueful. "I'd appreciate at least directions, if you have time. This place is..." She looks up again at the sourceless glow and the wall of unidentified glitters that might be digital worlds of their own. If this is only a part of the ship, just how big is it? "Impressive." Also terrifying. She wants to know more.

Learning the layout of the school had been both difficult and almost pointless, because the trap changed every time she wasn't looking. Will the ship prove equally hard to map? Rooms can't move like that everywhere, Yori has to hope.