[Mary knew the pampered Methuselah noble had probably never had to repair anything in his life before. She, on the other hand, knew how to patch up leaks in a ship's hull, but that was only enough to make due until they made it back to port. That wouldn't work well in this case and it had been many years since she had to.]

We're in Lhassa, so it's not as bad as it could've been. I'm sure my old place in Mistral Park is far worse. And we won't even talk about that bloody shithole Esther used to live at in Ceres.