"Insubordination's close, but the word I was looking for was 'mutiny,'" Trudy said. She reached out and put her hand on the palm reader outside of Allenby's cell, and it opened. "Brig time's over. Let's take a walk."

She turned and started walking without waiting for Allenby to say anything. "How'd you become a pilot, if there wasn't a war? Kid your age in a robot of mass destruction - seems a little weird if there's no military use."