"Hey now." Gippal tossed her a glare over his shoulder as he ran up the gangplank. "You don't think I checked the specs on every ship in the fleet? She'll fly."
The metal walkway clanged under her feet, then even more loudly under Nooj's heavy footsteps. "I don't see as we have much choice," Nooj said. "Show us to the bridge."
"This way." Gippal led them through the narrow, dim hallways that opened out into a small command center with three chairs -- pilot, co-pilot, and gunnery. "Paine, take the pilot's chair."
"Me?" Paine twisted around to stare into Gippal's single eye.
Gippal grinned. "You wanted to fly, right? Here's your chance."
Paine shook her head frantically. "But I'm an amateur. Wouldn't you be better at it?"
"Can't." Gippal gestured down the hallway. "I have to keep everything running in the engine room. And we need Baralai to chart our course, and you'll have a defter touch than Nooj on the helm. Nope, it's gotta be you."
There is not nearly enough crack, and already it wants to be way more epic than I intended...
"Hey now." Gippal tossed her a glare over his shoulder as he ran up the gangplank. "You don't think I checked the specs on every ship in the fleet? She'll fly."
The metal walkway clanged under her feet, then even more loudly under Nooj's heavy footsteps. "I don't see as we have much choice," Nooj said. "Show us to the bridge."
"This way." Gippal led them through the narrow, dim hallways that opened out into a small command center with three chairs -- pilot, co-pilot, and gunnery. "Paine, take the pilot's chair."
"Me?" Paine twisted around to stare into Gippal's single eye.
Gippal grinned. "You wanted to fly, right? Here's your chance."
Paine shook her head frantically. "But I'm an amateur. Wouldn't you be better at it?"
"Can't." Gippal gestured down the hallway. "I have to keep everything running in the engine room. And we need Baralai to chart our course, and you'll have a defter touch than Nooj on the helm. Nope, it's gotta be you."