> > 'Now what....' Lasiter thougth to himself not yet recognizing the
> > voice. He turned, and... "Admiral Bedru, good evening."
> >
> > "Admiral Bedru," greeted the interstellar bandit. Selara was fairly
> > indifferent to Bedru. There was nothing threatening in Bedru's posture
or
> > pheromone signature; Selara just assumed she was here for business.
> >
> > > "I am sorry to interrupt your dinner," she said, apologizing
especially to
> > > D'amondra. Then she directed her attention to Lasiter. "Commander, I
> > > would like to schedule a first meeting with you and other members of
> > > Explorer's command crew. Can you be available day after tomorrow at
1300
> > > hours?"
> > "1300 hours tomorrow... that would be fine. I assume the meeting
> > will be in your office?" he replied switching from his previous
> > converstion to address the Admiral's question.
>
> "Yes, we will meet in my office," Bedru replied. "I look forward to
> seeing you then." Then, with a nod to both of them, she said, "Ms.
> D'amondra, Commander, have a pleasant evening."
>
"Thank you, Sir. We will." Sam replied.
>
> Bedru walked over to the bar and ordered a drink. She settled back and
> relaxed. She did not expect Renaud to finish his day for a while, and she
> was too keyed up to sit around their suite alone.
>
> She had tried walking around the station a bit, but she had found that the
> area was a bit too thick with reporters and the curious. After saying,
> "No comment," for the thousandth time, she retreated to this restaurant,
> which security had managed to keep fairly pest-free.
>
> Now, she nursed her drink and looked around. Seeing the younger Lasiter
> and D'amondra together was, on one level, surprising, but on many others,
> seemed almost inevitable. They seemed very much alike, though she
> suspected that Lasiter was far more "Star Fleet" than he would want to
> acknowledge.
>
> She smiled and continued to survey the room.
>
She found Garibaldi and Lasiter sitting at a table. There was room
for one more.... Lasiter looked up and saw Bedru. He stood and waved her
over....
{randye...}
