"Sewage. Really." the lizard said disappointed, from Raizen's shoulder.
"It's infrastructure."
"It's water. You've been looking at water for forty minutes. There are people out there living entire lives, and you're sitting in the middle of the dark, memorising where the city keeps its—"
"Competency three is civic systems." Raizen scrolled the schematic sideways, the projection lattice turning above the plate, a cross-section of the eastern district's water table sliding past in pale blue. "Waterways, drainage, aquifer depth, flood tolerance. It's about forty items."
"Forty items of water."
"Some of it's aqueducts, that's how they're called."
"Oh, well." The lizard shifted on his shoulder, tail curling once around the back of his neck for balance. "Aqueducts. Sorry, I don't know you "educated" fellas's language"
Across the room, Keahi made a small noise in her sleep and turned over.
They both froze.
