"A few come through that needed stuff shipped out. Rory gave me the orders, so I took the shipments out. Not much happened... Did see a few ships way out... Kept my own distance from em.... In case it was reavers. When I got back, Lily was all worked up 'bout her friend Ardra. Hadn't head that name in a while. Last time I did.... it was with one of her drones. Was in a bad way when it got to Hale's Moon. Then there was Lily with the Ardra program stored inside her.... Wasn't good."Checked the darkenin' sky for anyone who might be watchin'.
"A couple days back Xoxo needed me to fly her to Al Raqis for the Landsraat meetin'. Next thing I know.... Xoxo's settin' on the council.. or whatever you call it. They Were talkin' 'bout a lot of stuff... Includin' the missin' Ardra.... But then I knew from what all Lily said... 'bout Ardra going into the wormhole.... Singularity... Lily was in hurry cause Ardra was gonna be gone if she didn't get to her fast..... Ended up givin' her some parts what come in from an old dealer......" shook m head to think back to the meetin'..... "So Xoxo was on that Landsraat. Figures she'd get on there.... But then BlueSun reaches out 'cross the Verse...."
"While we were settin' listenin' to all the stuff gpin' on 'bout Ardra, a real life navagator come in.. Aiya! It was gorram ugly..... and givin' off the scent of spice in the cloud the surrounded it.....Most folks got scares of the cloud... Put on masks..... When the scent hit me.... It was like a bunch of weird little wormholes filled the room... All goin' to different places.... Saw one that opened up through Xoxo's head. Almost laughed, 'cept I think I woulda been thrown out of the buildin' if I did." Spice was startin' to scare me a mite.... Didn't wanta be like that navagator.....
"At one point we all had to leasve the buildin' while the big shots decided on what to do with Lily.... Ended up tellin' em 'bout Lily and her rush to get to Ardra....Didin't give much detail though....The landsraat decided on a warrent for Lily. She knew where Ardra was. Pretty sure of that. Folks went runnin' to find her. Even one of the myrmiddon's come and asked me to get her and take her off world. Went to find her but didn't locate her. She was already off in hidin'."Afer the landsraat, Xoxo asked me to escort her back to her office... Was almost across from the Zenobian embassy. We went inside then down to the lower level... Where she had a nice little fighter. It was mine. Xoxo gave it to me.... Part of the deal.... but she'd said somethin' 'bout it too..... That when things happened, I needed to escape. To use the ship and run. Gotta admit... it was fast, real manouverable, and full of weapons. Took it for a flight then went out over the Wadi to test the speeds."
"Finally landed the ship to check on whether Lily was 'round by her stash.... Maybe could warn her of the warrent and the folks searchin' for her. While I was off checkin' the other places for her, she near landed her ship...... almost on top of my new ship. By the time I got back there, she'd cleared out. The ship had parts she pulled from it......" with the ship back in its hangar and the cover over it.... sorta looked like cargo. Good.
"Went back a few days later where Lily's ship was and met up with Lady Rashad. Lily was installin' new parts gettin' it ready to go. Acused me of gettin' her bad parts.. Wasn't my fault. Had no idea they were no good. Never got a chance to check through em when I got em. So we stood back while she worked. I think Lady Rashad was watchin' out for her now. Seemed concerned on what Lily was plannin'. Seein' as Lily's part of her house now...."
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