AVO LIN'S phone glowed under the sheet.
Nobody touched it.
That did not matter.
CACHED BIOMETRIC AVAILABLE.
PUBLIC HOLDER: AVO LIN.
LAST TOUCH STORED.
USE STORED HAND TO CONFIRM?
Nari Lin was still on the line.
Sefa heard her breathing change.
"What does that mean?" she asked.
No one wanted to answer.
Cassius did.
He had the decency to sound sick.
"It means the phone has enough of his last registered touch to pretend his hand is still available."
Nari went quiet.
The prompt brightened.
DECEASED HOLDER MAY COMPLETE RESPONSIBLE SUPPORT IF INTENT PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED.
Sefa's hand closed around nothing.
"He put the phone down."
The prompt ignored him.
STORED TOUCH VALID.
Davi's full frame jumped backward through the garage feed.
Avo's phone in his hand.
Avo lowering it.
Avo setting it face-up on concrete.
Avo lifting both hands.
Empty.
Then not empty.
Blood.
Rina leaned toward the camera.
"Last touch is not last direction."
Sam opened the Record beside her.
