Geez," she muttered miserably as he carried her down the stairs to the great hall, "little kids get lice.

The young adjutant gulped, muttered miserably into the comm and winced during its lengthy reply.

"He insisted upon going to find you," Jason muttered miserably.

"You've had so many girl-friends," she muttered miserably into his shoulder.

"Your poetic explanations had best be saved for the Praetor," he muttered miserably, scanning the tired eyes of his bridge crew.

"Coming," Evan muttered miserably, and slunk back into the room.

"At least we are out of the rain," she muttered miserably.

'There's no going back on what's done,' he muttered miserably.

'Oh, hell,' she muttered miserably to the empty car.