Holly watched with amusement. Trouble didn't let Aquarius out of his sight once. He was always either on his shoulder, or in his lap, or holding his hand. Trouble talked to him in a quiet, comforting way.
Holly wanted to just lean back in her chair and close her eyes for some much needed rest, but she was the best pilot and so she sat the controls. They were on the shuttle back underground, hurtling down below the earth's surface. She listened lazily as Root briefed Foaly on everything that had happened through the mikes. Grub Kelp rode in the shuttle with them but the rest of Retrieval, as well as the gold, was coming in the next shuttle.
The Ambassador was relieved to take back his son once they got back to the police plaza. But Aquarius didn't want to leave Trouble. So Holly and Trouble got commissioned to escort Aquarius and his father back to Atlantis.
Holly found herself missing Aquarius's chatter when they went back to Haven alone.

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