Ore sighed with relief. ‘Oh great, I kind of assumed that you’d been told to sort of report back on everything so that’s really good to know, Daniel.’ Now he felt even worse.
‘No problem,’ he said stiffly.
‘So where shall we start?’ She bounded up from the lounger energetically, hardly able to contain her enthusiasm.
What he did next, he had to admit to himself, was partly to relieve his own guilt. ‘Why not with me? I can’t promise I have that many useful tidbits to share about Mr Regas or Pegasus, but I’ll do my best.’
Ore laughed. Daniel wasn’t sure what about, but he couldn’t help smiling at the sound.
‘I’m assuming you mean Pagonis? Chuck’s company, and the most profitable in the world?’ Somehow her teasing didn’t feel condescending, but Daniel was still embarrassed.
‘Oh sorry, I’m not really into all that tech stuff; I still use a Nokia.’
‘That’s actually very Gen Alpha of you, ahead of your time.I wish I was better at switching off from all that stuff to be honest.’ Daniel thought of himself as someone who was decidedly behind on the times, so it was refreshing to hear Ore was impressed by this fact about him.
‘Let’s head down to my quarters? It’ll be a bit more private than out here.’ He realised how that sounded about a beat after Ore did. ‘Or actually the control deck will do fine,’ he added hastily.
She raised her eyebrows but said only, ‘Lead the way.’
