Most of the officers and men, Tai'a included, found the sight of their commander stuffed inside a jar hard to describe. But the old comrades who had served aboard the Thirteenth Fleet back in the day took it in stride and got to work operating the equipment.
Once a row of terminal cabinets began blinking, biu! A robot lady from the Enlighteners, dressed in a grand marshal's uniform, sprouted from a corner of the room like a mushroom after the rain.
So you really do move around through network cables, you little zero-element sprite? And you still say you're not a cyber ghost?
"Ahaha! So this is a dragon ship! How interesting, very interesting. Mm-hmm, truly interesting."
Yu Lian glanced at Little Gray out of the corner of his eye. The robot ghost's attitude today was certainly worth discussing. She'd just said "interesting" three times in a row.
He'd only thought of this enormous dragon ship as a way to make those Imperial bastards lose their minds. But judging by her reaction, there might be some unexpected perks, too.
Of course, it was also possible Little Gray was making a production of things again. Sure enough, she was now looking at him, clicking her tongue in wonder as she circled him like a parrot that had eaten too much moon candy.
"By the way, Yu Lian, what kind of look are you going for? A human pickle?"
There were other subordinates present, so Yu Lian decided to pretend he hadn't seen anything. He had plenty of experience ignoring Little Gray, after all. Feifei was just as good at it.
Fortunately, some of the dragon ship's functions seemed to interest her greatly. After just a couple of brief, noisy remarks, she vanished behind the wall of a passageway.
The terminals then