Cress laughed. It sounded forced. “And you never thought to tell us?”
“This was before you were born, my dear. Before Marsh’s parents were born, even. It was a long time ago, and I have since moved on.”
“Well, is there a way to find out what happened?”
-She frowned down to her feet as she thought. “It used to be that there rotated audit logs for events like forking and quitting. I do not know if those are kept any longer, though, given how large they would get in a very short amount of time. Perhaps?”
+She frowned down to her feet as she thought. “It used to be that there were rotated audit logs for events like forking and quitting. I do not know if those are kept any longer, though, given how large they would get in a very short amount of time. Perhaps?”
“Well, how do we check those?” Rush said, speaking up for the first time since that initial clamor of voices.
Dry Grass spread her hands helplessly. “I do not know. Again, it has been two centuries since I worked as a System tech. The technology has changed much. I would need access. I would need time to remember. Time to research.”
“Do we even have time?” Lily growled at her, frustration apparently winning out over panic. Cress and Tule both gave her a sharp glance.