"Yeah, here's hoping," Myitt says grimly. She peers out the human ship's windows, noticing a faint glow of light off in the woods, not too far away. "I wonder what that's all about. Huh."
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Corliss continues his search for Imperial signals, but so far, nothing's raising any red flags.
"I don't see anything out of place, Terenia," he says finally, "but that doesn't mean there isn't someone in orbit, cloaked and signals masked. It's a real challenge trying to find these things, even if you're looking for them. I suppose that's the point of them, but still, tricky little buggers." He glances at the pool, almost out of habit. "Have you been bored to death with Pac-Man or whatever it is in there? I do wonder where Efaen's gone off to. How long does it take the girl to think of a bloody answer?"