Mizuho emerged somewat cleaner, and significantly less dazed, from her chambers. She even wore uniform, for the first time in a very long while, though she would not wear it for long. As long as formality called for. Suzi had politely informed her that Kestral would not be commanding for some time, that a man named Rufus Sydney would take his place for the time.
So she determined it her responsibility to find this Rufus Sydney. Taisa, he was. One more that military ettiquette demanded she submit to, but personal pride and a fair amount of resentment about her creation would never allow her to do such. She was more bitter now than she often was. She liked Kestral, and didnt like the concept of another moving in to take his place, even temporarily.
"Mizuho?"
"Yes, Mikomi?"
"YSS Kyuseki Teien also arrived, with the Azalea."
"Then Yui has given me the ship. How gracious of her. Maybe whoring school didnt turn her all bad."
This was said in significantly better humor than her prior assaults at Yui's innocence had been. She herself was celibate, an odd thing among Neko, particularly Neko nearly two decades in age. She sighed.
"Where might I find this Rufus Sydney?"