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BAVALLACaptain Brew was in his nightgown, his chest exposed, his muscles bulging. He could have been called attractive if not for his bad temperament and the scars across his cheeks this had caused. He got into fights whenever we docked at a space station and it had become a running joke among the crew that one day, he'd swap the ship for bail money.
"Where have you been," he barked when he saw me.
"Recharging. Is that not allowed now?"
His glare would have had others cringe, but I'd worked under him long enough to know that this wasn't one of his dangerous moments. No disembowelling anytime soon. I hoped.
"One of your beasts has escaped. Amison is trying to figure out why the power supply to a crate was interrupted. You're going to catch the animal. And don't you dare damage it or
