Kess woke up slowly, hiding her face in the cool pillow and forcing herself back to sleep on several occasions. Only the last few incidents of shallow consciousness did she realize she was still on that tiny little ship, but she never saw him. She thought she heard a boot step once, but that was it. She half-expected him to wake her up and make her do something training-like, but he never did.
After a long while, when Luke never appeared and Kess was too rested to get back to sleep, she pulled her naked feet out of the bunk and sat up. The air was moist, warm and smelled of rotting vegetation. The pressure was different. They must have landed.
It took two steps on the grated deck to reach the open cupboard and pluck out her duffel. It was clear that girly girls packed her a change of clo
