Sort of nice to see Hailey relaxing some. Just a short edit thing maybe, not sure, don't want to offend:

Wow, Star! You’re an Animal hero First Class.”
“Yeah, well I don’t think that’s what Orwell had in mind when he penned that.”

She raised her eyebrows. “You’ve read Nineteen Eighty-Four?”

Uhm, maybe you meant Animal Farm?