'E's probably forgot. I been usin' that and," she hesitated, not wanting to admit that there were slaves who could read and write. "And I been practic...ng. Could ye gi'me a sheet a'paper and a lead pencil, please."Never pulled out a sheet of foolscap and found a fairly sharp pencil stub. "This big enough?" he asked.Elizabeth nodded. "Thank you. Other thing is, maybe ye don' want t'say, but Miranda, she was asking me a steady stream a'questions 'bout who the father of this nice, little baby might. “The search has ended.”“You’ve found them?”He took another bite. “Mmhmm.”“But you're not with them?”“Nope. They are unavailable.”Abbey was struck by this declaration. “Unavailable to you? How?”“You're being kind of loud.”She leaned in and hissed, “Have they lost control of all of their senses? What living, breathing human being is immune to your charms?”Will ate his hash browns.Abbey crossed her arms. “They have no idea what they are missing.”With his knife and fork poised over his avocado, he. Bobby is far smarter than you and I combined. You talking about him not being smart just makes YOU seem stupider. You aren't the one in college on an engineering scholarship are you? Maybe Bobby isn't as street smart as you are, or as sneaky but his brains by far outclass you.Number two, there is no US. What we have is very short term. I'm using you, the same way you're using me. The only reason you're here instead of a dog or a cat, is that training a dog not to shit on the floor takes time. " Well apparently it didn't do any good. What else?" I have to be the perfect officer, never slouch on the job, and basically never give anyone any reason to say you play favorites." I have to reprimand you just like I would anyone else," she said, turning around."Okay, okay ... I know the drill. I'll be painting the ship's hull on my day off again." And you'll use the right paint this time. Not the kind that glows neon green or any other color when we're on the night side of the planet." Yes.