"We also agree. So," said Morehouse pointedly, "why didn't you clap a restraint on 'em?"
"Why didn't I what—?"
"You inspected that ship about three hours before it took off."
Steve shook his head. "I'd never have passed it."
"You did. Here's your seal."
Morehouse showed Steve the sheet of paper giving the Astarte a clean bill of health from the Guardian Patrol.
"Hagen, what kind of a game are you playing?"
"Game?"
"Hagen—or Wrightwood?"
Steve looked at Lois. Morehouse said: "She hasn't told us anything that we did not know, Wrightwood."