Solange
"Dad, stop!" Mira's eyes were shiny now, actual tears threatening, and I felt my own stomach drop because she looked so small squeezed between me and Jovian, who was just staring out the window pretending he wasn't listening but I could see his shoulders tense. "You never listen when I try to talk about it. You always say 'beta's daughter doesn't waste time on human stuff' and I was scared you'd shut it down before I even got to try and the letter… the letter was just me asking for a tour, that's all, I didn't think it would …"
"Wait, the letter you threw at the beta's kid?" I jumped in because I couldn't help it, the words tumbling out fast. "That was about engineering? Mira, I thought it was only about our rescue, but now we're in the car with both our dads staring holes
