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Panel 1: The crow is still flying away. Maida, confused: "How did you.. Is that permanent?" Srinivasa, smiling: "It should be! Yur bird just lyke lost ability to tell what distance it needs to be from ya to do its job."
Panel 2: Maida stares at him intently. Maida: "Who are you? Nobody can just hack the Justice Bloc like that. It's impossible!"
Panel 3: Srinivasa, not looking at her: "Well. Difficult and impossible aren't lyke quite same ting..."
Panel 4: Maida: "That's not an answer. I think my life is over and you just... ask the bird to go away?"
Panel 5: Maida: "Who are you?!" Srinivasa: "I admit! There's more to me than I've let on."
Panel 6: Srinivasa: "I don't wanna say too much in these circumstances. Ya might still have bugs I can't find." Maida: "Well, why the Hell was I arrested? You can tell me that, I'll bet, Srinivasa. If that's your real name."
Panel 7: Srinivasa, seriously: "It wasn't just ya. Tahmaseb was taken in, too. They nabbed all leaders of student cells in Western Antarca."
Panel 2: Maida stares at him intently. Maida: "Who are you? Nobody can just hack the Justice Bloc like that. It's impossible!"
Panel 3: Srinivasa, not looking at her: "Well. Difficult and impossible aren't lyke quite same ting..."
Panel 4: Maida: "That's not an answer. I think my life is over and you just... ask the bird to go away?"
Panel 5: Maida: "Who are you?!" Srinivasa: "I admit! There's more to me than I've let on."
Panel 6: Srinivasa: "I don't wanna say too much in these circumstances. Ya might still have bugs I can't find." Maida: "Well, why the Hell was I arrested? You can tell me that, I'll bet, Srinivasa. If that's your real name."
Panel 7: Srinivasa, seriously: "It wasn't just ya. Tahmaseb was taken in, too. They nabbed all leaders of student cells in Western Antarca."
Oh, so it wasn’t her body mods (ie the genetic engineering she had done) that set off the security system!
Not without some help, at least! I’m sure that coincidence helped to keep space elevator security from asking any questions.