Rylan was becoming very familiar with all of his counselor’s staff as often as he had been visiting Desmond. So when Rylan caught sight of Desmond’s secretary, he waived at the slight and sociable woman, “Hello Ciara, is Desmond free?”
“He is Rylan, and I’ll check to see if he’s ready for you.”
“Thank you,” Rylan said as he took one of the open chairs in front of the secretary’s desk.
Ciara shifted her gaze to the small device next to her main display, and typed something on it and waited. After waiting patiently for another few moments, she must have gotten a response because she looked back over at Rylan saying, “He’s ready to see you now Rylan.“
“Thanks again Ciara,” Rylan said as he entered his counselor’s office. When he closed the door, Rylan looked over at Desmond and greeted the only man on the planet that has routinely been helping him. “Good afternoon, Desmond. How are you doing today?”
“Good afternoon Rylan, please sit down.” Desmond waited until Rylan sat down before venturing a guess as to what brought the technician to seek the counselor out today. “But let me guess you want to know if I’ve had any luck trying to get you included on the crew to investigate Laria.”
“I’m understandably eager to find out if you’ve managed to do it.”
Shaking his head Desmond looked his client in the eye declaring, “Rylan, you do remember that I told you that I couldn’t guarantee you a place on the crew.”
“But you did say that I should be able to join the crew.”
Desmond looked down at his desk and sighed but before Rylan could say anything else the counselor raised a hand silencing his client. “Rylan, I said I would think that the crew would want to bring you along since no one else on the planet is certified to work on the platforms. And it makes sense to bring someone to Laria who could turn help reestablish a connection to the platform network so it can be done as soon as possible.”
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