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“You finally got connected?” Ami asked.

“We’ve had tech issues this whole time, Ami. It’s not just me trying to talk to you. The ship’s power was down. We got it back up, but we’ve had monitors and machines on the fritz and people working around the clock to get things fixed.”

“What? Are you okay?”

“We’re fine. We had backup power for the necessities. We’ve just done more fixing the ship than actual archaeology.”

“Babe, come home, then. What’s the point of having you there?”

“I’m helping.”

“Fix machines?”

“Yes, machines I’ve used a million times that I know how they work. And the ones I don’t, I can still lend a hand by holding a screwdriver or something.”

“So, you’re just going to be out there for another fifteen days fixing things?”

“No, we’re back on now, so we’ll have an ROV over the ship we’re looking at later tonight. Felicity will handle that, and I’ll take over in–”

“Did you just say Felicity?”

“Yeah, she’s here.”

“Felicity Saunders is there with you, on the boat?”

“It’s Dr. Saunders now. But yes, she’s here.”

“Did you know she was going to be there?” Ami asked.

“No. They had to call her after they called me because I didn’t accept right away. I didn’t know they’d just ask her to come, too, until I got on board. Then, everything started to break.”

She stared at her wife on the computer screen before lifting her eyes to the door to her cabin. Felicity had gone to grab something to eat, so Rosie figured she had at least fifteen minutes to talk to Ami before Felicity returned.

“How is she?”

“Good. She’s good.”

“You two are catching up, I suppose?”

“A little. We don’t really have much time because she’s covering nights, and I’m on days.”

“Nights? What can you see at night?”

“We run ROVs at the bottom of the ocean, where it’s dark no matter what, so it doesn’t matter when we work. It also lets us get twice as much work done, so now that we’re behind, I’m really glad they had the foresight to bring both of us.”

“I’m sure,” Ami replied.

The metal door opened then, and Felicity stood there, holding on to a tray.

“Hey, I grabbed you something, too, because they had that–” The woman paused. “Oh, sorry. I’m interrupting something.”

“Is that…”

“Yeah, it’s Felicity. Felicity, I was just talking to Ami now that we’re finally able to get the internet working.”

“Sorry, I can go.”

“Just dropping by?” Ami asked.