Orbital Nightwarren sat in his office. He chipped away at his paperwork, sniffed, and did not contribute anything meaningful to the narrative at this time. He would continue to not contribute until a later chapter, and even then, only in a minor way. Really, he doesn’t get involved in the overarching narrative until Flavor of the Month: Space Babes in Space, where the series takes a sharp genre turn.
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But it’s often said that he gets a really amazing character arc in the novella Thistle Does Her Taxes, which is more of a character study. But for now, he didn’t do much except for paperwork, sniffing, and distracting from the action.