"Oberon." Scott snapped out the word as soon as the cell door closed behind him. "We need to go to Oberon."
Perseid and Rexis were waiting for him in the outer room of the brig, both looking grim with arms crossed over their chests. They also looked slightly bleary--no surprise, since it was the middle of the night. The guards must have called them, as promised, when Scott entered the cell...though where the guards were at that moment, Scott didn't know.
"He just decided to tell you that?" Perseid nodded in the direction of the cell door.
"I finally figured out who he is," said Scott. "Then he told me."
"Just like that," said Perseid.
"Pretty much."
"And we know the information's reliable how?" said Rexis.
Scott pointed at the cell. "He claims it's in his interest to tell us.
