There was hardly any chance for whispering, as Chen first led Li Pan to pay a visit to the host of this place, the representative of the Kelman Family.
The design of this starship's command center was akin to a royal audience hall, where a woman sat high upon a throne, surrounded by shimmering light walls that obstructed the view, ambiguous whether it was some kind of defensive deflection field or an identity cloaking device, blurring her true appearance.
However, the woman was dressed quite solemnly and appropriately, at least not in the trendy semi-transparent plastic film that was in vogue, leaning more towards a civil servant's style, in a ceremonial robe-like long gown with white base and gold trim, and a brooch with a female portrait on her chest.