Headed from New London over to Augsburg with a load of passengers. Had some complaints that they were harassing Tomoko. I offered to drop anyone who didn't like being on the same ship as a Kusari woman off at Freeport 1, and they all politely shut up.
After dropping the passengers off at Augsburg, we mapped out a couple of clouds and headed for Nuremberg to rest up.
Captain Dave Sanders
Dave sits back and loads up his neural net account to check the day's profits...
Now that couldn't be right. He has less money than what he started with today. He double-checks, then runs every diagnostic he could, and a name comes up.
Oh dear...
"Tomoko?" he announces over the ship's intercom. "Please come up to the bridge."
Tomoko arrives, looking frightened. "Have a seat," Dave says, and she sits down. "Now, we've somehow lost five million credits. Your name came up. Please explain why you have stolen five million credits from us?"
Tomoko swallows. "I... I am very sorry, Sanders-sama. My sister, she is on Manhattan and badly needs money... I thought..."
"...that you could pinch five million credits and we wouldn't notice?"
Tomoko is on the verge of tears. "I..."
Dave exhales heavily. "Alright. I'll let this one slide, because it's family."
Tomoko looks up hopefully.
"But you have to promise it'll never happen again. You steal from us again, you're off my crew. We clear?"
"H...Hai. Thankyou, Captain..."
"Go on. Go see Nuremberg. Wrap up warm."
Tomoko bows gratefully and hurries out.
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