A Breaking Point

[Yaoquizque]

"- Tell me again why we are here?"
"- I did not see you sleep during the briefing transmission."
"- Oh I wasn't. Been busy thinking about Danah though."
"- What has my sister to do with this?"
"- Not my fault if she bewitched me with her green eyes...
Man... What a mess..."
"- Yeah... That's what an orbital bombardment does to you. Speaking of which, something as painful could happen to you if you keep talking about my sister."
"- Oh wow. Easy, wild stallion."
"- Shut up and make an effort to at least look busy. Supervisor is looking at us."
"- You mean Dick? Yeah yeah... So what's the deal anyway? Was this shuttle carrying somebody important or... Something pricey?"
"- Perhaps."
"- And what's the idea with obliterating the area with big guns anyway? Not your average Corsair raiding mob."
"- That's odd."
"- I bet it's all about shady business. Why would they send us in emergency like this?"
"- Standard procedure."
"- Standard procedure my ass."
"- Hey you two! Stop trash talking and move to the wreck to perform exhaustive search."
"- Aye aye, Dick."
"- You were told already to address me using 'Mr. Hugues', not my first-name."
"- O.K. Dick."
"- ...
Just get in the wreck already!"
"- You really want to get in trouble do you?"
"- Bah!
Oh wow... What is this pigsty."
"- That's what a crash does to the interior of a ship..."
"- No really. I thought I entered in your bedroom during a heartbeat. That was disturbing. Ehe."
"- How about you shut up for once and start to look around for good."
"- Already did, champ. Look at this. The cockpit was broken with a handgun."
"- Hmm..."
"- And look at that. Footprints going towards the storage chambers.... I wonder if the same footprints can be found outside..."
"- Uhuh."
"- Yeah. Come on, follow me and let's check."
"- Why are you two going out? I thought I told you to investigate inside."
"- Oh my apologies Mr. Dick. But we would like to verify a theory we just had after having noticed something funny."
"- Something funny..?"
"- Yeah, Dick."
"- Erh... Yes, Mr. Hugues. John Blunt may have found something interesting... Footprints. Perhaps someone found the wreck before us."
"- Hmm... Certainly the pilot of the second wreck."
"- Any corpse in that second ship?"
"- None whatsoever."
"- Ehe. That means the mice are around here. Hiding!"
"- Perhaps, Mr. Blunt. I will go check if we have a life-sign scanner on board."
"- No need, dick. I doubt the little mice were smart enough to cover their tracks. And the dust didn't settle yet."
"- Alright, Blunt. Let's see if you're as good a tracker as you enjoy claiming."

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