It was strange to see a QV suit go so still. Normally, they rippled and bulged whether the occupant was asleep or awake, alive or dead. But Light’s desert red shell flattened to a near-perfect ellipsoid as he studied Jess.

“A game? Please don’t mistake my levity for frivolity. This ship survived its crew being infected by a flesh-eating bacteria and literally trying to dig their way out into space. It has debris from no less than [i]three[/i] Revenue cutter wrecks embedded in the hull. It's a serious piece of machinery, for serious people. Now can we get set for launch?”