Godspeed
“This was an emergency if anything ever could be. I sent a Priority Service message to the cleaning system and hit the line to Level One. She was, thank Heaven, in her quarters.
"It's me," I blurted out when she answered. "I've killed Joseph Munroe." Compared with that, nothing else was important.
"Jay?" Eileen Xavier's voice was sharp. "No good going into hysterics. Calm down." "I can't. Can you come?" "I'm on my way. Right now." The line went dead. I wondered if Danny Shaker, busy with the dri...ve unit at the other end of the ship, was monitoring calls from me to Doctor Eileen. It didn't much matter, because there was no way to keep from him what had happened. I might claim self-defense, but Joe Munroe hadn't been attacking me when I shot him. And I couldn't say I had been defending Mel, because if I did the crew would learn that I had been hiding her.
Considering her narrow escape, the latest arrival on the Cuchulain was far calmer than me. Mel had put her torn clothing back into place as best she could, and now she was studying the little cleaning machines as they flew about the cabin, pursuing and absorbing horrible globs of blood and vomit.MoreLess
"It's me," I blurted out when she answered. "I've killed Joseph Munroe." Compared with that, nothing else was important.
"Jay?" Eileen Xavier's voice was sharp. "No good going into hysterics. Calm down." "I can't. Can you come?" "I'm on my way. Right now." The line went dead. I wondered if Danny Shaker, busy with the dri...ve unit at the other end of the ship, was monitoring calls from me to Doctor Eileen. It didn't much matter, because there was no way to keep from him what had happened. I might claim self-defense, but Joe Munroe hadn't been attacking me when I shot him. And I couldn't say I had been defending Mel, because if I did the crew would learn that I had been hiding her.
Considering her narrow escape, the latest arrival on the Cuchulain was far calmer than me. Mel had put her torn clothing back into place as best she could, and now she was studying the little cleaning machines as they flew about the cabin, pursuing and absorbing horrible globs of blood and vomit.MoreLess
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