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It only took Shae a day to arrange her affairs in Ross, and she secured transport on the early-morning train, arriving in First Dome before lunch. From the station she made her way to the rooms she’d secured.
Travel always left a sensation of grubbiness, and the first thing Shae did on entering her new rooms was to strip and spend a good ten minutes in the shower, using whatever ointments and lotions were at hand to wash the residue from her skin.
She ordered a food delivery—a simple cold spread, for which she tipped the delivery girl far too much, but made it appear as a secret bond, some feminist thing. Shae wasn’t entirely sure how far that proto-movement had spread within First—it was more prevalent in Ross, even though the majority of those on the Council were female
