Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

“I swear sir, if you tell me that one more time...”“You seem to forget it often,” Kelvin stared at him.Heymon was a loyal officer, he knew he would never openlyrebel. Sometimes, as now, they disagreed. To his credit headmitted that his own data showed their bogie could not bethe Pink Dawn. Kelvin knew that if he gave him some spaceand time, he would soon embrace the belief that the bogiewas Curitiba, as he had done, and support it like it had beenhis own idea. He just had to give him some space right now.“I’ve had Glayet looking into that cherub some more,” Kelvinsaid to change the topic. “She hasn’t been seen since Ava putthe safety devices on Thom’s equipment.”“I’ve personally asked every member of the crew ifthey’ve seen her in the last two days,” Glayet said. “I don’tthink any of them were lying.”“I’m pretty sure I would get an alarm if she re-entered theship,” Ava said.“We need to remain vigilant,” Kelvin said. “We must treather as an enemy operative.”“Thom says she’s helped him in his studies,” Glayetadded.“Since she ‘helped him’ his findings have defied the lawsof physics,” Kelvin said. “She may have lead him down afalse trail, or even into a hack of some kind.”“Oh I agree,” Glayet said, “I just wanted to share what hewas thinking. That’s why I have his connections checkedevery day, it’s not that I don’t trust his loyalty, it’s just that he293