Estelia is perturbed when the Guardsman does not wait for her to return the sign of the Aquila to him. She gives it to his back as he leaves anyway, before following the others into the Security chief's office.
The Novice scans the chamber as they enter. She knows almost nothing about the machines she sees, but the room contains more cogitators than she has ever seen in one place, though she recognizes the incense for a smell that tends to cling to tech priests even when they are not working. She waits for Father Thorne to take the lead.