What’s Fusella talking about? Glad you asked! She’s recalling this exchange earlier in the chapter. Even Chief Engineer Anna Ito thought it was weird.
A fun time was had in Ottawa at Can-Con! It’s one of the smallest cons I do, but it was pleasant to be able to spend time chatting with people. The two comic-themed panels I was on (with Kristopher Waddell and Dominic Bercier of Mirror Comics– thanks, guys!) went well, which was a relief since I was assigned the role of moderator. There was one rather elderly gentleman who sat in the audience but didn’t say much, and I admit I even wondered if he came into the panel room by accident, or if he was just there to wait for the panel up next after our was over. When he came into the dealer’s room a bit later and we struck up a conversation, I learned that not only was he knowledgeable about comics, he was also up on quite a number of webcomics! That’ll teach me to make stereotypical assumptions about what the older generations think about this newfangled internet stuff.
Glad you had a good time, and to have met you briefly on Friday! I sneaked around a bit more on Saturday to meet with a friend, but otherwise could not spend more time.
If the older gentleman was the one with a dark blue blazer and able to pick out stuff from pockets at random, then I know who it is, and he is indeed quite misleading. A bit on purpose. And his wit is extra-dry. He’s a great man.
And I think there’s always been something between Darvin and General Nelson, some unspoken things – mind you, they’ve been working together since the Pathfinder at least, so a lot of things can be said in a few stares.
Thanks for coming by!
If it is the same gentleman, I certainly don’t recall any pick-pocketing! There were quite a number of characters at Can-Con.
Captain’s really cutting him slack – random objects lying around become health hazards if/when the ship must maneuver suddenly; while there are no storms in space to toss things around violently for hours or days, there’s always a risk of a hull-breach ‘incident’ causing sudden internal hurricanes… shipshape and Bristol fashion is a mentality that gets drilled in (early and hard!). If for no other reason than that, on a ship with necessarily round-the-clock operations, the next shift gets irritated (at minimum!) when stuff isn’t in its proper place. Yes it is his own quarters; no that doesn’t mean you can get away with sloppy habits!
Believe it or not, I think about this all the time! The fact that everything needs to be nailed down was driven home to me back when I was studying the ISS for that Roberta’s Space Adventure book I did on the Canadian astronauts, and I realized that everything that isn’t tucked carefully away in cupboards is stuck down with velcro or tethered with a cord, because otherwise it’ll float right away. Not that gravity has been any real issue aboard the Galaxion, but I get the concept of proper stowage. I decided early on that this would be one of those artistic compromises I make in aid of character development.
Hmmm, I agree with the neurologist issue. I feel Darvin is in the wrong. Waiting has gotten people killed in the past.
Besides, its not even her call. This is still mission-related, making it Nelson’s.