"Most of our operations will be on the surface," she said. "You might have inferred as much from the fact that we have gone out of our way to involve Indigens"—she glanced at Ty and Bard—"and Survey personnel." She nodded at Kath Two and at Beled. The last gesture elicited another one of those sardonic snorts from Ty—pointing out, apparently, just how implausible it was that a man fitting the profile of Lieutenant Tomov could possibly be taken seriously as a member of Survey. Ariane gave Ty a cool look, as if to say Don’t start, then continued: "And I need hardly belabor the longstanding connection with the surface embodied by Doc and Memmie."