A Related Tale of Pendor 179 / 0916 David stopped at the door marked "Captain," and listened quietly for a few seconds.A Related Tale of Pendor 179 / 0916 David stopped at the door marked "Captain," and listened quietly for a few seconds. Hearing nothing, he pushed the doorbell button. There was still no sound from inside. He turned the knob and walked in. His office was empty. He had begun checking it for occupants ever since he had startled the chief engineer and the steward in a less than delicate position on his desk. The memory made him smile, and then it made him frown. He glanced down at the black armband around his bicep and with a grimace tore it off, ignoring the small shocks of pain when he grabbed a few strands of fur in the process. With a sigh he walked around his desk and sat down, easing his tail through the hole between seat and back. Damn you, Mickey, he thought. Why did you have to go and get yourself killed like that? And now you leave me without a chief engineer. I can't let Pat do it, she's not nearly qualified. I need a chief engineer, not somebody with less than a thousand hours under a chief engineer. |