Walter frowned as he heard that Elisa had not been in contact with Miyoko. His orders had not fully been out of spite for any of them. But Elisa's image of Miyoko was disturbing to say the least. At the moment he saw that as the weakest link in the company.<br/><br/>"You make sure to talk with her tomorrow. If neither of you have by this time tomorrow I'll boot the both of you off the ship as soon as I can, you hear?"<br/><br/>They could cry every which way they wanted to, Elisa was going to mentor Miyoko. If she had a problem with the young Kuritan, the better, now was her chance to change what she didn't like. He leaned on the same crate as Erich as he listened to him, his face going from stoic, to frowning, back to stoic disbelief. Finally he grinned and slapped the man on the back.<br/><br/>"You are not strapping me into one of those, Erich! I'd rather take the desk-job. Just remember that we'll have some new additions shortly. Hopefully they will be robots who follow orders blindly."<br/><br/>He fell silent as Maho approached and listened to her and Erich busting at each other. He gave a wide grin and waved them both off.<br/><br/>"Don't let Erich fool you into anything, Maho. He's just jealous because I ran Lance alone with two women today. But yes, seems like you are in command from now on, unless Perkins refuse to sign the papers out of sheer audacity. I need a break from the old MacLeod you see, he's not playing fair with me anymore..."<br/><br/>For a moment he had been good old Walter again. Now he looked solemnly over at the light blue Highlander, which face was scorched and on the limit to falling apart. When would he ever build up the courage to rebuild it again?<br/><br/>"Was there anything you wanted to discuss?"