Shipping Out

Do not mess with the Kaidanovskys' music. Do. Not.
==Meta==
Part 4 of the "Know Your Rangers" series, originally published here on March24/2015. 
Author's note: "For shmoo92. Don’t worry, more on the way!"
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late 2016; Hong Kong, HK, China
==Text==
Taller Sasha strides into /Cherno Alpha's maintenance bay, head nodding with the hard house playing through his earbuds.
Tall Sasha sits on a wooden packing crate painting her nails, the tail of a cat draped around her neck. She looks up at him with a smug smile.
He pops out the earbuds and stows them in a coat pocket. «Sasha, that crate seems to be cursing in Cantonese and Australian.»
«Yes, it certainly does, Sasha.»
«May I ask why?»
«Certainly.»
«Sasha, why is that crate cursing in Cantonese and Australian?»
«Because, Sasha, the clumsy novice tried to steal my iPod and substitute another. Full of songs from Eurovision.» She wrinkles her nose.
Taller Sasha glowers. «This is a most mild punishment, Sasha.»
«Indeed.»
«The novice explains the Cantonese. What about the Australian?»
«The novice's crazy southern friend put him up to it.»
«Ah.» Taller Sasha pauses thoughtfully. «May I ask how you kept them in the crate while it was nailed shut?»
«You may.»
«How did you keep them in the crate while it was nailed shut?»
«The novice stayed willingly after his friend was rendered unconscious.» Tall Sasha frowns at the extended fingers of her right hand. «I bent a ring on his Australian skull.»
«I will have it repaired.»
«Thank you, Sasha.» Twists around, frowns at the cat on her shoulder. «The most difficult part of the packing was preventing cats from joining them.»
Taller Sasha snorts. «To where are you sending them?»
«I believe a trip to Lima is in order, don't you, Sasha?»
«Yes, Sasha, it certainly is.» Taller Sasha offers to link arms. «Shall we inform the Quartermaster there will be extra cargo on the next flight?»
«A wonderful idea, Sasha.»
And they set out, grinning.
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