Excerpt from audio diaries of a very unusual 20-year-old bounty-hunting computer geek - a touch oddball, but still able to get a bit misty over her past... and over the man who once showed her what true cool was. Turns out having an entire solar system at your fingertips isn't worth much if the one person you're looking for is no longer in it. (M for adult references)

The Exiles have been driven from their homes by the Dominion, forced into a desperate life of running, hiding, and skirmishing—but does this persecution suggest that their cause is just or righteous? One Dominion officer suspects that it means nothing of the sort; he knows the depths to which the Exiles are willing to sink, should their former oppressors wind up in their clutches.

Luka's not available to help, so Miku's agency hires a new English tutor. Oliver is a child prodigy, extremely helpful, a patient teacher, and as adorable as a teddy bear, so Miku likes him immediately – but when she decides to play mindgames with the poor kid, what will happen? Safe T.

InTheMix, America's 3rd-biggest music magazine, publishes a VERY in-depth, gonzo profile of the world's one and only catgirl pop star. Some differences from canon; I took a few liberties. Call it an AU. Rated T for mild language. Feedback requested.