Pearl & Quasit (Pt. 26)

Pearl drummed her fingers along the baseline of the Com immersion system, only half engaged, when Quasit entered the bridge.

"We have almost less to go on now with the destruction of the Warship and the Mantidae. You've scrutinized the reports as well as me between drinking your whiskey and playing house with your monkey." Frustration caused her words to come out a little harsher than intended.

Quasit winced. Pearl's feelings for Chattsworth would never change, nor her disdain for spirit. "We can incinerate the cargo and jettison the ash." He wryly called her bluff.

Pearl scowled. Not an option.