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"You know him?" Andrijana's brows furrowed, then realization struck. Shaw. "A relative of the royal family, of Kendra?" She spoke back into the phone. "Did he say what he's here for? You can send him upstairs." She looked to Hokushin for some explanation, catching the change in his posture and mannerisms. Definitely a relative of the royal family. Though which one, and why they were here, she couldn't begin to guess. Andrijana unconsciously straightened the lapels of her jacket, adjusting her glasses on the bridge of her nose too. She hoped that this visitor would not bring all the intergalactic political intrigue she'd tried so hard to keep away from the prison right to her front doorstep. But the sinking feeling in her stomach suggested otherwise.