Chapter 8: Registration

 Chapter 8: Registration

Tom

All the orderly lines of Zen were divided into separate queues upon entering the registration depot. Tom was able to make out the words above the door using the information he'd gleaned from the human version of Records. They were registering at the County Clerk Office where it seemed many types of registration were available. 

Queue directors helpfully shuffled the Zen from one path to another in order to try to keep an even number of registrants before each human worker; Scientist Serena was moved to the queue beside Tom and John before either of them had an opportunity to protest. Tom knew he would have tried to insist they remain together.

Tom didn't want to admit he knew John would have felt otherwise regarding the Scientist. 

Surprisingly, the pair in front of them were human. 

"What are we doing for you gentleman today?"

Tom listened to the cheerful worker greet the pair