Doris wanted to scream and hit something when Cinderella's ship passed hers. And then she realized that no one could see her, and so she did scream a string of insults into the silence of the courier ship's cabin, and pummel the arm supports on the pilot's seat.
"Are you in distress?" the ship's system asked without inflection.
Her mouth snapped shut, but she bounced her fists off the padding one last time. "I'm fine!" she spat bitterly.
Everything had been going so well, despite a few hiccups in the plan. She and Louise had both rejoiced when they placed among the ten leading entrants. Arturius Nebel hadn't been wrong, and matching their course to the one that his sister had set had helped them get an edge on the other entrants.
