He waited until Silo was inside.
Then he turned around and went to find Duke immediately.
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Duke was at the diner counter.
He had his sketchbook open. He was drawing Silo at the east building door from the angle he'd had from the diner window, which meant he'd seen the whole thing, which meant Duke had been watching this too and had simply been drawing it instead of pursuing it because that was Duke's way.
"He went in," Ziko said, sitting down.
"I saw," Duke said. His pencil kept moving. "His wolf?"
"The thing. Six times per rotation." Ziko folded his arms on the counter. "She doesn't flinch when he looks at her."
"I noticed." Duke turned the sketchbook. "Look at this."
He'd drawn Silo at the gate, the first night Vael arrived. Silo's face at the exact moment he'd read Pell's me
