"Oh, I saw the ship when i was leaving the Palace, kinda hard to get out and not get spotted, why do you think it took me so long to get back here?"
"Ohhhhh....hm-strange..."
She studied it curiously
"hmm...it's a direct communication chip...but those haven't been compatible with android's programming for years now...but that shouldn't have caused a malfunction....unless she tried to send information over the direct link. Could've jammed up the bandwidth."
Cinder walked over to Peony's shattered netscreen, slipping the chip in and pressing the power button. Text appeared.
Initiating Direct Link with Unknown User. Please wait....