"Are you a mind reader, Commander?" Kordula questioned from the other side.
She did want to join Hans. She wanted to stand on nearly the same ground as Tyrus was now.
She wanted to be more than just an Overseer of the Automated Weaponry Program.
It had always been her ambition to be among the highest officials, to be recognized as someone important in DAEDALUS.
Otherwise, why would she have—
Her thoughts were cut off when Hans replied.
"I'm not a mind reader, Overseer, but I know desperation when I see it... or hear it."
He knew what Kordula had been up to.
His people at the station had been reporting on her for weeks. Most of it was ordinary. Recalibration work, meetings with the plant personnel, arguments with Tyrus back when he was still there.
But some reports kept coming back to the same thing. Kordula spent long hours at the ASS-116 terminals after everyone else had left, trying to recover the access the system had taken from her.
