Luisa orders the Italian sausage ravioli and Giya, after thinking a bit, goes for the linguine in white clam sauce. They decide to split a bottle of fine Dorwinion chardonnay, and invite Onn to have some too, if she likes. Luisa says, "Things have been pretty good for me lately. I like my work on the Bridge - Vargas hasn't been too much of an ogre lately - and I hear I might be in for a promotion."
"Good for you!" the Deltan says, smiling warmly. "You've earned it, and then some. I'm doing fine too - same old, same old though, pretty much."
Kylah, Graham, Xiang and Mahmoud are beamed over to the space station. Leaving its transporter room, they soon find themselves in a busy galleria of sorts, with a high ceiling and many people moving through or gawking. Discreet signs indicate the way to the observation level, hotel, dining, no less than three bars, a chapel, customs, movie theater, administration, infirmary, security office, shops, astrophysics lab, gaming, residential level and orbital skydiving, among others.