Almond laid them out beside the originals and examined both sets for a long time. Even he, who had watched them being made, had to check twice to tell which was which.
"They are ready," Vorth said. She looked exhausted and satisfied in equal measure. "If anyone tests one of these by trying to develop it, they will eventually find out it is hollow. But a scan will never catch it. Not even a careful one."
"A scan is all anyone will run," Almond said. "Nobody develops a blueprint they think is already in their possession."
He gathered the five forgeries.
