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Nodding, Kyrie stood up and walked over to the window. “My people have been observing you during your stay here on the ''Cloud Archipelago''. You seem a capable crew for a small… errand I require.” With a wave of her hand, the space inside the circle of pouffes burst into a cloud of glittering green particles, which coalesced into a holographic map of the charted Drift. Two points floated up from the mass of detail; one the Cloud Archipelago, the other a seam far away near the edge. | Nodding, Kyrie stood up and walked over to the window. “My people have been observing you during your stay here on the ''Cloud Archipelago''. You seem a capable crew for a small… errand I require.” With a wave of her hand, the space inside the circle of pouffes burst into a cloud of glittering green particles, which coalesced into a holographic map of the charted Drift. Two points floated up from the mass of detail; one the Cloud Archipelago, the other a seam far away near the edge. | ||
“I have a freight consignment that urgently needs to move from here—“ She pointed at the tiny ''Cloud Archipelago'', “—to there,” Her hand moved across the map to the seam, “Passenger-382-C. It is a | “I have a freight consignment that urgently needs to move from here—“ She pointed at the tiny ''Cloud Archipelago'', “—to there,” Her hand moved across the map to the seam, “Passenger-382-C. It is a mining colony we operate jointly with the Guild. Not without tension, of course, but it is stable.” | ||
Ilyar nodded, staring into the shimmering map. “What is the cargo?” | Ilyar nodded, staring into the shimmering map. “What is the cargo?” | ||