Sophie walked the east corridor with a mug of coffee she hadn't drunk yet, still too hot, steam curling off the top of it.
"Morning, Sophie."
"Morning."
A pair of newer Eclipse recruits passed her going the other way, both of them straightening up a little the way people did around her without quite meaning to. She gave them a nod and kept walking.
Further down, someone leaned out of a doorway. "Hey, is it true Kelvin found something last night? People are saying he found something."
"Ask Kelvin," Sophie said, and kept moving before it turned into a conversation she didn't have the bandwidth for yet.
She passed the training wing and slowed without deciding to.
