"Somehow, I ain't surprised. Even Special Ops are just numbers to the folks running the show. They ain't gotta tell the rest of us a damn thing." Is that a touch of bitterness in his voice? Why yes. Yes it is.

Jim looks at Tex for a moment, and then leans back again. "Maybe there is. Hell, for all I know this damn ship just picks us by hurlin' darts at a board. Or whatever the giant spaceship equivalent is."