“Ask me.”
You couldn’t tell he was used to commanding people, could you? “Well, there’s my family and my friends and my job,” I said, ticking these off on my fingers. “I can’t just jet off to Tenctah and never come home again.”
“Snap travel should allow for fairly quick travel between Earth and Tenctah. Joanna’s found a route she estimates will take an average of three hours.”
“Three hours,” I repeated, thinking out loud. “So I have one day off a week from work. If I travel to Tenctah, see you, then come back again, that’s six hours of the day.”
“With the money…”
Ah. I shook my head vehemently. “No, I’m not quitting. I mean, money is great. It’s very nice of you. I just really do like my job.” I bit at my lip. “But I could ask for more days off. I’ll talk with Ray about changing my sc
