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Lila recorded the power levels, pausing to calm herself. Today's inspection had been less fact finding, more fault finding. Her station was clean, but she'd had to explain about improvisations. Now they were facing a long job fixing those.
"If you're thirsty, the drought's on you."
"What?"
"You stared at Tanktop like you'd lick his shadow.""
She stared down her coworker. "That's the Chief. Our superior," she emphasized. She resumed counting levels.
Great. She'd managed to cover the real station irregularities but it looked like a job transfer would need to happen soon.