"We won't bother about them at the moment," Trigger said. "Let's stand up together."
They stood up.
"We'll stay about five feet apart," Trigger went on. "I don't know if you're the gun-grabbing type."
The Ermetyne almost smiled. "I'm not!" she said.
"No point in taking chances," Trigger said. "Five feet." She gave Doctor Veetonia a quick glance. He did look very unpleasantly dead.
"We'll go over to that ComWeb in a moment," she told Lyad. "I imagine you wouldn't have left it on open circuit?"
Lyad shook her head. "Calls go through the ship's communication office."
"Your own people on duty there?"
"No. Pluly's."
"Will they take your orders?"