Kelley would never have.Nathan took a sip of coffee before turning his head and catching sight of Kris watching him in his peripheral vision. He started, but just managed to avoid spilling the mug on himself. Pushing the suite away, he turned his stool to face the colorful, slender girl. She looked not only like the cat who had eaten the canary, but who greedily regarded the next canary in line.He answered her smile with a cautious grin of his own and said, “Hey, Kris. What’s up?”She shook her head and failed completely to adopt an innocent face. “Nothin’. What are you reading?”Nathan reached back and picked up his suite, stowing its screen and returning it to his pocket. “It’s your proposal. There’s some pretty freaky stuff in there.”Kris shrugged and pushed off from the wall. “Don’t blame me. It was yours and Gordon’s idea.” She walked over to the coffee pot and poured herself a mug, liberally dumping in the cream and sugar.“No, it was Gordon bitching about not making any progress on the weapons, and me bitching that it was too bad we couldn’t do something with the high energy density of your drive. But this,”
