Meanwhile, far above the Earth in Riley's ship, Riley was sitting in his personal communications room. He had a moment to think about what was going on in silence. Maelinn was being attended to by the crew. Maenae was being amused in the entertainment area where she couldn't continually pester 'Uncle Riley' to see Lexx.
"RILEY!" The voice boomed through the small room before the picture fully came through on the screen in front of him.
"You're upset about something, Dad?" Riley attempted to sound as innocent as possible, face angled down and eyes looking up. He had not heard his father yell at him in a long time, but it immediately brought feelings of guilt and shame washing over him for making his father use that tone.
Then, he was there. Riley's father looked very much like an older version of himself, with darker golden hair and more lines in the face, but the family resemblance was unmistakable. His usually calm, smiling face was contorted in an angry glare.
"It has come to my attention that duplicates of my contact books have been made … and you have been harassing some of my friends and business associates." The accusation seared through Riley like fire. He wasn't going to get out of this one easily.
