Getting back to the Glimmer proved to be harder than she’d expected. She’d been able to walk out of the hangar without any problems, but on the way back in she was stopped by a bored looking official. A guard holding a rifle stood behind him, looking a lot less bored.
“Name and destination,” asked the official.
Kaira gave her name, and said she was heading for the Glimmer.
“Crew, passenger, or trader?” asked the official.
Kaira paused for a moment. She couldn’t claim to be a trader, she was sure they’d ask to see some credentials. She definitely wasn’t crew. That only left one option, so she went for it.
“Passenger,” she said.
“Let me check that,” said the official.
Kaira’s heart sank. She’d been hoping the official would take her word for it, but clearly he wasn’t going to le
