"I don't quite know."
"You received a Z-wave message on Proxima?"
"Yes."
"Then—?"
Paul grunted. "Everybody knows more about this than I do. I received a message. I was then informed that it was impossible for me to have received a message because Z-wave Central was not running."
"How do you account for this message?"
"I can't. Maybe," and here Paul looked Hoagland in the eye, "maybe Miss Nora Phillips can explain."
"Who?"
"Nora Phillips," said Paul sharply. "Or have you never met her?"
"Should I have met her?"