“Yes, yes. I don’t like that idea either. So, the plan-” Trill drew still more tools from her belt and set to work on the lock. “As I’m sure you know, I could fly you through space without the need for a voidsuite. Unfortunately, they’ve jumped pretty far into Imperial space. You wouldn’t suffocate, but you’d still be dead of hunger and thirst before we got to the nearest safe planet. Lucky for you, one of my band mates agreed to pilot a small voidprobe to a point closer to here. I can fly us there, so we only need to get off awful ship unnoticed. For that, I can forge a glamour- make myself seem a guard and you a less obvious prisoner. The corpse dogs won’t know the diffrence, as long as we don’t do or say anything to give ourselves away. Got it?”
It was reassuring, to hear her own concerns addressed immediately. Scum could do a great many things, even slow her vitals to near nothingness, but she needed to eat and drink eventually. “Yes, I should be able to sustain myself long enough, and I can keep my dogmas to myself for a time.” She smiled, her humor tired as she.
Her eyebrows knotted as questions danced on the tip of her tongue. Once the lock was free they would need to move and speaking would be limited. Then, the void would eliminate such chance to speak. It may have been wiser to not ask at all. Perhaps the answer would only serve as a distraction.
Impatience and the ache won out, in the end.
Her voice cracked as she asked again, quieter and hesitant. “Is he well? Is Saqqara safe?”