Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

“Why haven’t we set a separation hearing long beforethis?” Ava asked.“I’m still waiting to hear from Theology. No one’s beengoing over there and pushing that form along, so it’s beenlanguishing on desks.”“What could it possibly get behind?” Ava asked.“They just like to see your pretty face,” Kelvin said. “Alittle schmoozing never hurt anyone.”“So you’re saying they’ll never move it along until I goover there and say a few prayers for our dead marriage and allthat?”“How do they know you really meant it?” Glayet said.She had put the lock down and lowered the heavy cover plate.It screeched horribly and there were spider webs inside thebox covering the controls.Ava could have hacked into this, he was sure, but it reallywas one of the most secure areas on the expedition, in spite ofGlayet’s quirky rendering. There was a well-finished woodenpanel under here, but it was old. On it were big brass knobsand levers, a few tall, cylindrical and deeply indented pushbuttons, and a few large meters with very thin needles thatwere waving slowly, but remaining in the green. Beside it wasa big knob that Glayet turned, causing the whole panel to flipover and another similar one to appear. She kept turning thatknob until the nicely engraved brass plaque at the top of thepanel said ‘Judge’.“What’d’ya want to do now?” Glayet asked the captain.323