242.

[captainshort]

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-mmander's orders that we don't send a full Retrieval team until we have a confirmed sighting of the pixie. You may think that dispatching a Recon team the size of Retrieval One is excessive, but the idiots thinking that have never encountered Koboi. I have. Commander Kelp wants us to spread out through the UK for now; there's a chance

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[cal_sitter]

Welcome back, Captain.

[captainshort]

Niko.

[Confusion then relief in those two syllables. The next word is more weary than anything else. Bad timing, City.]

... thanks.

[cal_sitter]

Difficulties at home, I take it.

[captainshort]

No more than usual.

[guardianed]

...Welcome back.

[captainshort]

Hey, Lieutenant. How long has it been?

[guardianed]

About a week.

[captainshort]

Really?

[Something that sounds rather like a tch.]

Then the time in my world and this one matched up for once.

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[snapofmyfingers]

voice

[snapofmyfingers]

Greetings, Captain.

voice

[captainshort]

The same to you, Colonel.

voice

[snapofmyfingers]

The city have it's usual bad timing?

[missesthestars]

Captain Short?

[captainshort]

Promise, hello.

[missesthestars]

Welcome back to the City, for what it's worth. You've been missed.

[captainshort]

Thanks. Though that probably means something happened, right?

[girlwithabow]

D'who?

[captainshort]

Gnommish swear word. Sorry.

[girlwithabow]

And now you have to explain what Gnommish is.

[captainshort]

It's what fairies speak in my world. We have the gift of tongues, though, so communicating in English or any other language isn't a problem.