“Took a while to set up, but I managed yet again to pull our sorry backsides out of the fire.”
“Did he like the proposal?”
“Let’s just say that for a reduced fee, the contract conditions don’t change; except ‘Clause D’.”
“Is it worth the job then?”
“Let’s also say that there wasn’t a lot of choice in the matter. Oh he was very polite about it, but you do understand how much pressure he can bring to bear? He was very upset about the ship and he said getting hold of another is up there with Heisenberg’s bit of wisdom.”
“What, ‘A series of very bad decisions’?”
“No you great nonce; ‘The closer you get to it, the less likely it’s achievable’.”
“So what does that mean?”
“Oh for Pete’s… Agidaean preserve us. It means,” said Mrs Smith, with a pointed calmness to her voice that she didn’t feel, “that we start again. Lay in a course for Xexedi and put a waypoint through Xeer, I’ve got to check up on something. Oh and fire the Hyperradio scanner up again.”
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Great adventure MF. Hopefully Hyperradio's tuned in right for when the next one starts
