16 The Dome Clear of the Titanian hideout and well around the station so as to avoid suspicion, Alice hopped onto one of the space station’s travel pods. These were floating, magnetized connected ovals that made the rounds, dropping people off at their jobs or taking them home. They had ones for the miners and others for the groups that went to places like the West Ward. She was riding in the latter at the moment. It carried its passengers past the vast windows that showed views of space, and they were lucky enough to be in a rotation that showed Earth, at the moment. Alice always loved seeing Earth from up here. Sure, the way the clouds formed along it made it interesting, in that it was never quite the same sight, but for her it was a symbol of who she had once been. A goal, in a sens

