“He’s certainly self-confident, almost to the point of being smug, but perhaps that’s justified. He seems to be across all the details of whatever he’s dealing with, and he has an intensity that’s palpable. ...
“Not very often. I’ve worked his security some, so I’ve seen him, of course. He did brief me personally for this job though.”He seems rather proud of that.
“Not a shortage. This ship needs an extra mechanic to keep up with the maintenance routine, I couldn’t do it on my own, but between the two of us I have less than I’m...
It looks like her instinct is to protest, but then she stops herself and seems to answer candidly.“I’m not the sort of person who gets bored… but I am lizardly bored!”She pauses, perhaps listening...
He nods acknowledgement at the Karmen comment.“Well, I work in private security. I signed up for a discreet delivery and protection job for an indeterminate period of time with some risk of Legion involvement. ...
Kort looks at her, nods.“I can’t say it’s not what I signed up for, but it was not what I expected…”He stops trying to articulate whatever he’s trying to articulate and gestures to the...
BooksI was going to see how far Oliver read by the arrival time and see when he was up to, then synopsise what he had found. At the moment, using his current reading strategy,...