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The view in normal space was nowhere near as captivating as that in jump space, and it got less interesting by the moment, so Kaira found herself watching what Tarkus was doing.
He kept his attention shifting between the different displays, flicking different sets of information onto them as he went. He made occasional adjustments but mostly seemed to be just taking in information at a rate which left her dizzy.
Even if she just focused on one screen at a time she’d barely started to decipher what she was seeing before Tarkus changed it and all the other screens to show something new.
Then, suddenly, he came to a stop.
“Will you stop watching me?” he snapped. “It’s damn distracting!”
“Fine! Were you this snappy with your wife when she was on board?”
The moment the words were o
