[ this time, when she wakes up to an empty room, marta knows why. she'd been half-awake as it was when clara first dropped by and requested kovacs' audience, but had drifted back off to sleep and stayed sleeping well until someone had drifted by to let her know she was fully discharged and free to go when she'd like. not one to take up room that might be needed by someone any more than she already has, marta, of course, decides to check out that instant.
she's not sure how long ago it had been since kovacs had stepped out, but that's how he'll find her when he returns — out of the bed, dressed in one of the items of clothing they keep around for emergencies like hers where the clothes she'd come in on were beyond salvageable. she's stripping the linen off the bed when she notices him return, startling her enough to give her pause. ]
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she's not sure how long ago it had been since kovacs had stepped out, but that's how he'll find her when he returns — out of the bed, dressed in one of the items of clothing they keep around for emergencies like hers where the clothes she'd come in on were beyond salvageable. she's stripping the linen off the bed when she notices him return, startling her enough to give her pause. ]
—Hi.