"It's not rambling," Eli said mildly. "If we're to be shipmates for a while, I'm sure we'll talk at some point. It's a while between planetfalls. Have to do something, and I'm terrible at cards."
And that was a lie of the first magnitude; he'd learned a long time ago to play cards like a shark. He smiled. "Of course, I am possibly making an assumption. You said that I did have to settle up with the Captain, after all. Is there a time convenient for him--or her--to do that? I'm not sure when you're due to leave."