Editing Crystal Structures 3 & finally making progress again:
"I'm sorry, Captain Fox. I have no knowledge about when the commander will return." Sheela's voice had taken on the slightly annoyed timbre of a parent being asked 'are we there yet' one time too often. "He said you should wait for him." She actually looked up from her work to zero in on Doc. "You can have Dr. Hartford confirm it via hacked security feeds if he prefers to admit he's got unapproved access to them."
"Me?" Doc's eyes widened to what Zach secretly called 'dishes-of-innocence'. "Little innocent moi?" He put his hands over his heart. "What makes you believe I'd be capable of such dastardly villainous—"
"About this," Sheela returned dryly, attention back on her work."
"I'm sorry, Captain Fox. I have no knowledge about when the commander will return." Sheela's voice had taken on the slightly annoyed timbre of a parent being asked 'are we there yet' one time too often. "He said you should wait for him." She actually looked up from her work to zero in on Doc. "You can have Dr. Hartford confirm it via hacked security feeds if he prefers to admit he's got unapproved access to them."
"Me?" Doc's eyes widened to what Zach secretly called 'dishes-of-innocence'. "Little innocent moi?" He put his hands over his heart. "What makes you believe I'd be capable of such dastardly villainous—"
"About this," Sheela returned dryly, attention back on her work."