(Miles makes a face, too, at that endearment.)

"The Key will be in a cipher lab, but that's a what, not a where," he murmurs once Linyabel engages the soundproofing. "Nadina might know where Kety set up the lab, if he's tried to get her to give up information about the Key, and brought her to it in the process. Of course, that leaves the question of where he put Nadina... the brig's probably too public. Maybe a cabin? Close to his personal quarters, to keep her under his eye...? I'm just guessing here."