8 IZRAMITH WENT from the hospital to the airport. The shuttle wouldn’t come for quite some time, but she had no reason to hang around. She’d wait in the departure hall and might even catch some sleep. Or watch that recording that Commander Blue had given her access to. It was still quiet in the settlement’s entry hall, although the shuttle to Barresh was listed, and the single employee at the counter could already accept her confirmation. With the formalities done, she sat down in the waiting area. She pulled her comm reader out of her bag and finally watched the recording made by Commander Blue. Daya looked quite handsome as a young man. He was very tall, as zhadya-born usually were, lacked the chunky and muscled shoulders of the Coldi, and the typical associated heavy build. As a ma