For her part, the Mental Model of the cruiser<em>Effingham</em>was reeling a little from everything that had been said so far; particularly the part where it had been confirmed to her that<em>Yamato</em>and<em>Musashi</em>seemed to be drawing up lines of battle between each other, with the future of the entire Fleet hanging in the balance, depending on which way the cards fell. "So,<em>Venturer</em>was right then...." she muttered to herself. "I don't like it when people play games with me..." she muttered to herself, before it dawned on her that Ari had asked her if she had any questions.<br/><br/>"Well, now that you mention it, I do have one." she said, as she put her hands on her hips. "Since you mentioned her before, I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that<em>Howe</em>is your skipper. If that be so, then what's her stake in this; why'd she want to stir the pot with us?"