The Company doesn't take to its deserters well.

[ it's an uneasy smile -- but at least he's trying. ]

We boarded Arcturus to avoid getting lost in space on a burning ship. I did everything I could, but in the end, they were recaptured.

But as long as I keep up my end of the arrangement . . . I can only hope that the Company will do the same, and stay any order of execution.