“You did a great job today,” Keith took his first puff with relish. “Just don’t praise your girl. You do realize she didn't do anything special.

Herman internally tensed:

- Understand. Nothing, pull up and ...

“Not to the detriment of missions,” Keith interrupted. In your free time, please. Mark is demanding results from me and I can't cover for her. You need to develop tactics of interaction with this Jupiter, and forward.

“Keith,” Herman answered after a short pause. “Let me talk to Mark myself then. Let at least a month to build up will give. She won't pull everything at once.

“You knew perfectly well what Mark had...