<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=87328.msg4358077#msg4358077">Quote from: Shjade on 11-03-2011, 18:32:12</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"> No need for any particular alarm, just don't go gettin' curious and peek inside the box. What we don't need to know we don't need to know ... <br/>"Any other questions? Good! Glad to hear it." Malcolm moved behind the counter island into the galley then, closing the subject by preparing dinner for himself. <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>"Okie dokie"<strong>Kaylee</strong>whispered, knowing when to take the hint the conversation with the captain was terminated, yet true to her character, she wasn't ready to give up a woman's right to the last word on the subject. "No cats, no dogs, just a mongrel stray captain too cheap to buy the parts we need to keep the life support system functioning properly..."  trailing off as she exited the dining area for the engine compartment to do all the last minute checks recommended in conjunction with the takeoff.<br/><br/>-------------------------------------------<br/><br/><strong>Simon</strong>, however, wasn't content to let the conversation drop.  "While not easily confused by most things, Captain, I have to confess, you've left me confused yet again.  How is it I'm supposed to check on the condition of this mysterious cargo when I'm not allowed to even know what the cargo is?  Perhaps there's some research I need to do before hand? Something that needs to be purchased planet-side before we leave?  Special nutritional requirements?  Immunizations for the crew and passengers?  Mozart to help them sleep at night?"<br/><br/>Simon considered the possibility that the captain might not be wanting to reveal the secret nature of the less-than-legal cargo in front of the new passenger. Why, then, did he mention it at all, making it sound so intriguingly mysterious?