After introducing Lysara to the others over the fleet channel and making sure she had properly linked into the formation, Aurelian returned to Solenne's ship by shuttle, because the strike carrier was still the center of this operation and the one best suited to coordinate what came next.
Solenne was already waiting for him in the hangar when he stepped out, her expression bright but focused, as if she had enjoyed the appearance of a new sister but had already put that aside for the sake of the ambush ahead.
"How is she?" Solenne asked as she fell into step beside him.
Aurelian understood what she meant at once. Shipgirls could sense broad things about one another, but they could not directly read each other's full details, so asking him was still the fastest way to form a real picture.
"Good," he said. "Very good, actually. But her weapon profile is a bit too specialized."
That caught Solenne's interest immediately.
