"I hadn't planned to come back," Seivarden said, deciding to try to turn this into a civilised conversation if possible, now that she had anyway made the mistake of being stuck here with Hannibal.

"It's a long story, but my fleet captain sent me here on leave. Did you ever meet Breq when she was in Fandom? I didn't. I ran into her about two years ago. It turned out she was the ship I used to serve on."