Belay 35

Chapter Five
Belay has just had Dahlia 16 and the other female hydroponic gardeners play a game of indoor volleyball when Trigger 17 approaches him. Trigger lies to him, claiming that Management wishes to see Dahlia. Belay tells Trigger that he didn’t get a ping, and pulls his tablet out of an inner pocket in his jacket to check. Trigger informs him that Management is having technical difficulties, and so they sent him to relay the message. Belay remarks that it was a quaint and inefficient method, and calls our to Dahlia. When she responds, he instructs her to go to Management, and assures her that he’ll explain her delay to Sorrel 32.