"Green flashing grey gizmo... hmph, don't talk to me like I'm stupid." Kota just barely stopped herself from grumbling out more words as she reached for the sampling tube. "And I'll have you know that if my aim wasn't as good as it was this whole place would have been trashed. Now thanks to me we have plenty of sample material."

She grinned as she handed Secunda the tube.

"My point is, the situation could have been a lot worse, for both of us. And now your lab has power again, that's good, no?"