Heero let himself be shoved against the table of their booth, the club lights dark and flickering, indistinct and at once revealing and concealing.

"Freeport colony: a notorious den of pirates, smugglers and thieves. Wufei persuades one of its denizens, his one-time ally Duo, to help him catch a killer hiding there. Agent Chang thinks he knows what to expect, from this case, from Freeport and from Duo Maxwell. He couldn't be more wrong."

Heero looks for a purpose in peacetime; the other pilots offer him some possibilities.

Duo left this part of his life behind years ago, but some habits are hard to break.

Bernie had first discovered Heero's talent in a sophomore showing at the School of Design, and since then had managed to weasel the ex-pilot's pictures into showings back on Earth as well as at some prestigious galleries on L1, L3 and L4. Now, with the publication of a collection of Heero's photographs, there was the real possibility of becoming a big name in the art photography world.

"Relena is under a lot of stress."

Wufei has spent the time since the Mariemaeia uprising burying himself in work and avoiding society wherever possible. But with the opening of the final major HQ drawing closer, he's forced to face that maybe he's not needed any more. Overseeing the preparation for the opening on L2, he rekindles a friendship with someone he's not seen since the war, and wonders if adjusting the habits of a lifetime might not be so bad after all.