“Space travel is boring. As a commweb maintenance team, we’re used to it. A boring day is a good day. Boring is what we strive for. When things are exciting, someone is usually about to die in some new and horrible way.”

“Meet the new boss.”

“She wondered if he had any idea what, exactly, he was asking of her, and decided he couldn’t. He never got his own hands bloody. At least Acaelus had the decency to be the one to pull the trigger, every so often.”