"We do," Yunlan agreed. "Nice work with that wire, Chocolat... and there's no telling how many of those pods actually have live people in them, is there? Some of 'em must have been for the poor suckers whose bones we've been cleaning out of the hallways. But we'll have to keep looking to be sure there's not actually any big spaces we don't know about.

"Not much here," he added, looking around, and headed for the desk to try the drawers. "Except this..." They stuck; rust, he thought, not locks, and tried a whack with the side of his baton to rattle the runners free.