"In a way," she muses "Actually, the Sixth does not have the key of his House; nor do I have the Ninth House key, for that matter. The completion of trials has not been so... tidy."

"However, Sextus wants us to work together to falsify the key to the Sixth study, since he has handled it. He is a psychometric expert and knows it down to its atoms now, and I can shape bone for the key itself."

"I am considering his proposal--on an extended time frame, now, of course," she says with a wry expression.