"No Miss Minari, we certainly could not."<br/><br/>Lena chose to ignore that comment, since she had already known the answer when she made the semi insolent comment.  His statement though did succeed in interrupting her thoughts, which in turn ticked her off to a small degree.<br/><br/>"Ms Marani isn't it? When the Captain has finished with the debriefing I'd like to see you in my office."<br/><br/>She assumed, by the way he spoke to the Captain, that this man who spoke to her was a higher ranking officer.  She was rather confused why he would than find it necessary to speak with her in private.  In her experience when older, high officials in the Company wanted to meet with her in private, it meant that she could expect something unpleasant.  The fact that she knew that, but couldn't deny his request had her anger simmering under her skin.<br/><br/><em>It's just like how it was on Zarill...</em>The thought made her faintly nauseous.<br/><br/>It than proved a good thing when the human woman turned her attention back to Lena, if only because it stopped her train of thought.<br/><br/>"I'm a mechanic.  You break it, I fix it...Honestly, though, I don't know why they chose a deadbeat like me."  She made a note to remember this woman's face, a mechanic could prove to be very useful in the future.  And although she insisted that she wasn't any good, she must be more than adequate if she where chosen for this settlement.<br/><br/>When the Captain started the debriefing she stood there, arms crossed and listened.  Not that any of what he said pertained to her personally.  So she did what she did best, stood there and looked pretty.  She could feel disgust at that start to curdle in her stomach.<br/><br/>"So, ya, I fix shit: buggies, plows, harvesters, cars.  Not an electrician though.  Bad experience with a cable and a fork when I was a kid, ain't happening...Name's Raine Iabara."  At this she smiled slightly, not that she found it particularly funny, but the moment seemed to require that she show some emotion to what was just said.  The fact that the Captain had gotten the human's job incorrect was no surprise to her, in her experience military, even ex-military where not that smart.<br/><br/>She was about to make a comment that stated that sentiment exactly, when the Captain said something else to the human.  This time she decided to not listen in and instead turned her mind to the other people entering the room.  They all seemed to be different, and for that she was glad, it made it more interesting for her, she loved examining the peons.<br/><br/>When the Captain turned to go, she looked at the human female next to her for a moment.<br/><br/>"My name is Lena, Lena Marani.  I am sorry, this must seem rude to you, but I must speak to the Captain for a moment.  When I'm done, I'll come look for you so that we could finish this conversation."<br/><br/>And not wanting to lose sight of the big man, she didn't run, but walked after the Captain.  When they where out side of the room where everyone else was in, she called out for him.<br/><br/>"Captain, may I speak with you for a moment?"<br/>