Kess made it a point not to think about the Jedi's remark. She was growing tired of trying to guess what the mighty magician was up to and tried to make herself decide that she didn't care.
What she did care about was the stupid CV-52 filter. It took two hours to pull the filter from the auxiliary pumps underneath the deck of the main bay. It took another hour and a half to take it apart, clean it out, fix it, and put it back together. The Captain maintained his watch on the bridge during the filthy process but was available through the commlink just in case something went wrong. Replacing the filter didn't require a lot of brainwork and Kess knew he let her do it only because he didn't want to cram his own body in the tight space for several hours worth of greasy labor.
Kess held up the
