The words - hit sort of harder than Keltham expected them to hit.  It's the kind of thing you might hear in a dath ilani science fiction romance, spoken on a spaceship in assorted plot jeopardy; but the words hit a lot harder when you are in an impossible scenario, and a woman is saying those things to you.

"Consider yourself challenged, Carissa Sevar."

The words - hit harder than Keltham expected them to hit.  It's the kind of thing you might hear in a dath ilani science fiction romance, spoken on a spaceship in assorted plot jeopardy; but the words hit a lot harder when you are in an impossible scenario, and a woman is saying those things to you.

"Consider yourself challenged, Carissa Sevar."

The words - hit harder than Keltham expected them to hit.  It's the kind of thing you might hear in a dath ilani science fiction romance, spoken on a spaceship in assorted plot jeopardies; but the words hit a lot harder when you are in an impossible scenario, and a woman is saying those things to you.

"Consider yourself challenged, Carissa Sevar."