“You’re awful quiet out there. Sure you’re not m**********g?” asked Kipp.
He ducked out his head from the back but Troy kept his gaze fixed on the screen, running searches through the shuttle’s files. He’d managed to puzzle out the areas that needed repair from the diagnostic but was doubtful he could do all that much, even if he found the answers.
“Don’t you have something to be doing?” he asked.
Kipp ducked back inside and Troy tried to raise the Heavenhawk IV again with no result. Next he tried to raise the scanner Irene and Teresa had, but either they decided not to answer or even local communication was down. He ran a diagnostic on that.
“Well, throw me on the med bed and screw me sideways,” said Kipp loudly.
Troy swallowed at the thought of actually doing so: pounding Kipp, his
