The audit lasted two hours.
It kept going after the moment with the dead father, the way water keeps moving after a wave has already broken, and Crane ran the rest of it with the same easy courtesy he had used at the start.
He asked small, careful questions about Halversen estates Alistair had never seen, about Halversen friendships Alistair had never had, about Halversen ledgers Alistair had only ever memorized through Due's notes.
Alistair answered each one slowly, the way a third son answers questions about a family he doesn't much enjoy discussing with strangers.
Crane did not bring up the dead father again. He didn't need to, since the point had already landed.
Eventually, once the two hours were spent, Crane stood.
