The task sounded simple; Yori sat down to do her best. She ran an intent gaze across all the numbers in an effort to get a ballpark range of what was too close. "Understood," she acknowledged the mild orders.

Even better, her new co-worker came back with a book. Yori accepted the offer with delight. She'd learned the basics of flat print already, and liked it; there was so much less worry over what she was asking of the programs in her MID.

"Thank you!" Yori opened the cover, scanning what she could with a first glance. Though she wasn't sure her knowledge of space was quite up to the challenge of the vocabulary, anything she didn't understand would be a very useful pointer to all the questions she'd most need to ask. Plus if she could take it back to her assigned room she'd be able to put more time into study. "This looks wonderful. I'll take good care of it," she promised. "When do I need to return it?"