It's peculiar. The prisoner seems to be under the impression that she's here on some sort of rescue mission. Desperation? Or bad luck, that whomever she was expecting never turned up, and she got Ari Tayrey instead. Are the color-shifting eye lenses meant to be a signal of some kind? If so, it's totally lost on her. She examines the bit of paper - real paper, in the hands of a prisoner! Yes, she got used to it being treated utterly wastefully by the Earthers, but seeing it in space is still jarring.

It's easy enough to surmise what that code is for, but her expression remains skeptical. This woman could be the worst sort of criminal, and freeing her could be devastating for the small crew of this ship. Then again, she could be an oppressed innocent, in the hands of tyrants. Which error would be the worst to make? To let her out when she shouldn't, or to leave her there?

How she hates not having enough information to make anything close to a right decision! She'll just have to follow her instincts, and figure it out as she goes along.

Tayrey unclips her energy pistol, and holds it in one hand as she inputs the code into the wall panel with the other. The door slides open with a quiet hiss, and the young Tradeliner steps forward, bodily blocking the exit, gun pointed at the prisoner.

'Step back!' she demands.