Stayed the hell away from Mars. Which suited us fine. Well - most of us. Obviously it meant I couldn't go home, but. [ He gave an awkward shrug as he hit the console pad for the room and the door slid open. ]

You did, though. It was really kind of you, actually. You checked in on 'em, for me. Told me Melas was a cute kid. [ He smiled, a little, before walking over to one of the matresses on theother side of the room and sliding down the wall with the nearly-empty food tray on his lap.]

Then you got shipped out to the Ring, right about the same time a journalist ended up chartering us to take her out there, too. Did a documentary on us and the Roci, and in return paid the legal fees for the fight with Mars.