When lunch shift was announced, even the godawfulness of the actual announcement couldn't spoil Hayes' good mood. He didn't recognize one of the names from the board, and the one he did was as an enemy, but in this place "enemy" had taken on a very different meaning. The point was that they knew the Captain, which meant that whatever report this Tanaka fellow had for him was sure to be interesting.

As he walked into the mess, largely ignoring his minder, his eyes swept the room for someone short. It wasn't a lot to go on, really.