Tong gave Kader a sideways look, one eyebrow cocked. "You're the one VERDICT picked up," she said. Not a question, a statement of fact. She seemed to be sizing Kader up. "That was good shooting out there." Her praise carried just the slightest grudging tone, though.<br/><br/>The older pilot talking with Tong smiled warmly and came to shake Kader's hand. "Andromias, huh? Captain Rue," he introduced himself. "Lyra tells me you really helped her out, covering our operative so they could look after the bombers. Two confirmed kills and hardly scratch on either ship."<br/><br/>Tong seemed to bristle at Rue's comments, though whether it was the casual way with which he addressed her, or the remarks he attributed to her, it was hard to tell.