"The first mate, Elizabeth." Former first mate, actually. But Peter had refused to believe in the regime change. "She's a friend. You can trust her."

He rubs the back of his neck, looks down at the empty canteen with a sigh. "I got stuck in cryo for a while. It happens, sometimes. People get frozen, it sucks. It was one of the many weird things you had to put up with on the ship."

He laughs under his breath. "Right. Good for you kid. You'll need to, around here."