Finally, the morning had arrived to head to the planet's surface and go see Mary for the first time since their return. Both Max and Nico were very excited, but possibly for different reasons.
Max had spent the last two days aboard Absolution, catching up on the essentials of the Terminus Trading Company business, and some alone time with Nico, but her excitement this morning was on a whole other level, and she was doing her best to keep her thoughts shielded from him.
They had prepared the shuttle with an assortment of random trinkets for Mary to give out to the other Reaver Commanders during the afternoon meetings, as a form of apology for monopolizing her time all morning, and Commander Luke Tarith had brought his Cruiser into dock with Creeping Darkness so that there was at least one Reaver Commander on board if Sylvie ran into a situation where her programming required secondary authorization.