someone
Where's Bessing?"
Bessing, a rigger who was striking for an armorer's rating under Sun—now on liberty—was already sprinting down the corridor to the locker adjacent to the Battle Center. The electronic key was in his hand.
"Everybody return to duty!" Woetjans said. "It's the Countess and there's nobody with her. Bridge out."
Adele didn't understand why the Klimovna was returning alone, but it was no cause for concern; least of all to Adele Mundy. She went back to her own affairs, downloading the files involving the Cluster Naval Self-Defense Force. Nobody'd asked her for the information, but at some future date Daniel or Mistress Sand—or someone at present unknown—might ask about the Cluster's navy. Because Adele was who she was, she gathered the information now.
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Bessing, a rigger who was striking for an armorer's rating under Sun—now on liberty—was already sprinting down the corridor to the locker adjacent to the Battle Center. The electronic key was in his hand.
"Everybody return to duty!" Woetjans said. "It's the Countess and there's nobody with her. Bridge out."
Adele didn't understand why the Klimovna was returning alone, but it was no cause for concern; least of all to Adele Mundy. She went back to her own affairs, downloading the files involving the Cluster Naval Self-Defense Force. Nobody'd asked her for the information, but at some future date Daniel or Mistress Sand—or someone at present unknown—might ask about the Cluster's navy. Because Adele was who she was, she gathered the information now.
Also