And that was it...she was so offhand about it, that he was certain she meant it.  How DID he get her?<br/><br/>"Not without a radio link...The ship is too far away. Which worries me more than a bit. I'll ask our hosts for one now that the sickness has run it's course."<br/><br/>He opened communications and soon had a relay going to Alice.  It was slower than his internal link, but he got the basics.<br/><br/>"I think our cargo is going to be people.  Those cleared from the plague want to get out of this sector."