"Yes, I can hear you. Who is it?"
"It's Captain Mackley. I've come to see you."
"Well—thanks, Captain."
"You got the Outspacer, Cressey. I thought you'd like to know."
"Frankly, Captain, I couldn't care less. But thanks for telling me, anyway."
"It means a lot, Cressey. There were a lot of people's lives riding with you."
Yeah, I'm a hero. I'm a Hornetman.
"Thanks, Captain."
"Was it pretty rough?"
Rough? Like birth and death and all of life, rolled into minutes.