Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

whole thing. Maybe she didn’t want to relate some of heradventures there. Being sold as a whore for a few bushels ofgrain was not something she wanted the crew to know about.Glayet must have heard about Yellelle being aboard,because she soon brought Alan in, accusing him of treason forremoving the the code filter from Thom’s data bus. Ava had toset that right and it was a little difficult with Glayet. Shewanted to be much more harsh with Alan for his crimes, sheprobably would have zeroed him if she knew how.After she was off the line the captain said, “I still thinkAlan might have something to do with this. You just said thatif the test you mean to run doesn’t show souls migrating intothe dark matter, we probably have a hack, and Alan has to bethe prime suspect if it is.”“I think Yellelle is,” Ava said.“I think Alan was driving her, I still say a woman couldn’thave acted like that.”“You haven’t seen Major Tengine in action. She runs apersonification even hotter than that when she’s on the prowl,and doesn’t mind backing guys against the wall with it.”“I’m trusting your judgment here, my own mind agreeswith Glayet, we should find a more suitable punishment forAlan.”“Give him his med panel at least,” Ava said.“If he has us all encapsulated?”"We can only punish Alan if he is innocent," Ava toldhim. "If he is guilty, it is beyond my power, we are547