I could hear the old lady stirring. Why was it always five bites of food and a nap with old people? The timing stunk like a tauntaun at low tide.

"Certainly," I nodded with a reassuring smile. "Give me one moment, and I'll be with you."

In the dozen steps it took to close with Mikey, I quickly punched in my access level lockout override code. Whatever flutter had gotten into the computer, it should in theory at least respond to my access. If not, it was going to involve some combination of arc cutters and ripping the guts out of a computer, both of which would be expensive and embarassing.