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There's not much meeting space aboard the Kelowna; this means that Simon and River get to go on a field trip.
Their cells are at the opposite end of the corridor, and it's not Ed Chao who gets Simon. It's Stover and another guard.
Chao is dealing with River, and he doesn't look at Simon as they walk to the airlock, and across into the station, where the air is subtly different -- it's a different kind of structure. Not as closed in. Not quite as institutional. Governmental, yes. Not institutional. The angles of the corridors are a little sharper. The corridors themselves are lit a little better.
Chao steps forward, opens a door.
Inside there is a man with his back to the door. Across from him, across the table: two chairs.
"Cuffs," says Stover, and removes them. To the man inside: "We'll be out here."
"I'm sure you will," the man says, without turning around. "Now. If you'll excuse us?"
Simon and River are shown in.
The door slides shut.
And the man stands, and turns, and he's smiling as he raises his hand, and presses a thumb to the side of the silver signet ring he wears on his first finger. It activates a device, which means he can speak the following:
"Hile, Simon and River Tam, son and daughter of Gabriel."
Reuben Finnegan, of the Tet Consortium, is dressed a little more nicely than he was the last time Simon saw him.
"Have a seat. I believe the word is 'palaver'. We need to hold it."
Their cells are at the opposite end of the corridor, and it's not Ed Chao who gets Simon. It's Stover and another guard.
Chao is dealing with River, and he doesn't look at Simon as they walk to the airlock, and across into the station, where the air is subtly different -- it's a different kind of structure. Not as closed in. Not quite as institutional. Governmental, yes. Not institutional. The angles of the corridors are a little sharper. The corridors themselves are lit a little better.
Chao steps forward, opens a door.
Inside there is a man with his back to the door. Across from him, across the table: two chairs.
"Cuffs," says Stover, and removes them. To the man inside: "We'll be out here."
"I'm sure you will," the man says, without turning around. "Now. If you'll excuse us?"
Simon and River are shown in.
The door slides shut.
And the man stands, and turns, and he's smiling as he raises his hand, and presses a thumb to the side of the silver signet ring he wears on his first finger. It activates a device, which means he can speak the following:
"Hile, Simon and River Tam, son and daughter of Gabriel."
Reuben Finnegan, of the Tet Consortium, is dressed a little more nicely than he was the last time Simon saw him.
"Have a seat. I believe the word is 'palaver'. We need to hold it."