Lockdown Conversations: 2 (short story)

Lockdown Conversations: 2 was a story in the Bernice Summerfield anthology Life During Wartime. It was written by Paul Cornell.

Summary
Benny sits at a specific place at the fence surrounding the construction project. On the other side of the fence, Adrian comes for his lunch break.

She tells him that Peter is safe. He tells her that one of the Killorans was shot as a hostage recently, and she tells him that she helped to stop it happening again. He tells her the dead Killoran's name, Gregory.

Benny becomes angry when Adrian tells her Jason has been at the construction site and kicked him three times. She thinks it's his jealousy of Adrian and Peter.

She promises to visit Adrian again.

Characters

 * Bernice Summerfield
 * Adrian Wall

Continuity

 * Gregory was killed in retaliation for terrorist bombings against the Fifth Axis. (PROSE: The Garden of Whispers)