Surface Detail
““It is? Well, hippety-hey for us. What is it? Who are they?”
“Some old Torturer class.”
“What, a proper ship?”
“A proper warship. Though old, like I say. Here in a couple of hours.”
“So soon. That’s unannounced.”
“That’s old warships for you. Tramp around, don’t tell anybody where they are or what they’re up to for years, decades or longer, but then every now and again one of them finds itself in the right place at the right time to do something useful. Breaks the monotony, ...I suppose.”
“Well, it’s come to the right fucking place to do that.”
“Woh. Getting frazzled, are we?”
“No more than you, coll.”
“That’s estcoll to you.”
“Blit a few kilo more of these little graveller fucks and you might just pretend to the level of esteemed colleague.MoreLess
“Some old Torturer class.”
“What, a proper ship?”
“A proper warship. Though old, like I say. Here in a couple of hours.”
“So soon. That’s unannounced.”
“That’s old warships for you. Tramp around, don’t tell anybody where they are or what they’re up to for years, decades or longer, but then every now and again one of them finds itself in the right place at the right time to do something useful. Breaks the monotony, ...I suppose.”
“Well, it’s come to the right fucking place to do that.”
“Woh. Getting frazzled, are we?”
“No more than you, coll.”
“That’s estcoll to you.”
“Blit a few kilo more of these little graveller fucks and you might just pretend to the level of esteemed colleague.MoreLess
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