Jason stifled his almost reactionary reflex to be surprised, both at Kelli's strong handshake and her position of honor at the helm of the<em>Chasseur</em>. He was far from old fashioned, but Jason hadn't been exposed to many women of power in the past few years of his life, and this Kelli was a most unque creature to him.<br/><br/>Despite his surprise, he smiled genuinely to nod.<strong>Yep... the captain was meeting with me. Probably woulda gotten back here soon except that we ran into a bit of a problem. But that got taken care of real quick, and we even took along another potential passenger back to the ship... Cap'n's in the cargo bay right now talking to her, I think.</strong>