"Didn't think you would, sorry. She's the engineer on my crew. Could fix anything you put in front of her." And damn, but he needed to find her.

He leaned in, reaching into the cables to see if he could unhook it from the light, when suddenly a bizarre wave of exhaustion hit him. He shook his head as if he could shake it off, his muscles all suddenly feeling like he's been running them under high gee for hours--

He braced his hand on the wall, trying to wait for the feeling to pass.