Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

objects had the same levels of activity as standard populationobjects. He was sifting the data in various ways, trying toreconcile it with observed course corrections in theimpactors. He was hoping Darryl could counter the criticismsfrom his doubters.He heard someone come into his lab, apparently by theback way. He was really concentrating on an intense three-dplot of the path of TUa-4431-3389-14, and only Heymon,Darryl and Victor had the current coordinates for that door tohis lab. The voice that asked, "How's the investigationgoing?" was female, so he blanked the screen and looked tosee who it was. She was personified with a rather round faceand large forehead. Her lips were pretty thick and her hairwas a thick, flat-black tangle. She had great globes on herchest like a cartoon character, a good strong shape to her hipsand she was dressed in a snug, thin jersey just long enough totouch her thighs in the back, but she was entirely free ofunderwear like a cherub from Alan's universe.Since he knew every face on the crew, this could only besomeone driving a cherub, no cherub could undertake thisbehavior on its own. He had no idea what clearance she hadand said, "What investigation?""The investigation of the signals that transfer informationthru holespace." He noticed she was using the phonetics ofAlan’s world, confirming where this cherub was from. Thataudio was intelligible to everyone on the crew now. Hiscomprehension of it was so automatic he might not have151