[That's interesting information. She might be Company, or what passes for it wherever she's from, despite the state of that suit. A failing Company, or a disaster out in the black? Could be either. Could be something entirely different. It doesn't pay to make too many assumptions in this place.

Another nod.]

My family's Company. My father's director of finance at Cardalek, but I expect that's as out-of-sector to you as TranStar Industries is to me. [Ari shrugs. Nothing to be done about it.]

[Half an hour, though? That's - it's terrible. Morgan Yu must be just as confused as Ari was when she arrived, and here she is going on about Companies. The thought occurs to her that she ought to be helpful, because she had seniority. It was ridiculous. Mad. This wasn't a starship. As if it remotely mattered. As if she hadn't spent the past couple of weeks trying to convince herself that she wasn't responsible for anyone or anything here.

And yet there she is, giving Vice President Yu here a look of sympathy.]

That's rough. It - it really takes some getting used to. I've only been here a couple of weeks. I don't know what you've been told already, but - you've got any questions, you can ask. Over a drink if you want. I went straight for the brandy when I got here; my nerves were in pieces.