CHAPTER 32Sitting on a narrow windowsill in the study, Mara stared outside at the gray clouds and driving rain. Over breakfast, the other Ping had said he expected the weather to clear up later in the day, and he would fulfill his promise to take Mara and Sam on a ride in the copter. In the meantime she had nothing to do, though everyone else had scattered with purpose to their morning. Even Abby seemed content to stay in her room and convalesce.
Sam passed by in the hallway and noticed Mara and reversed course to enter the large room. He approached the couches and hiked a knee onto one of its arms and leaned into it. “Since the weather has ruined your plan to look for the Aphotis, what are you doing with your day?” he asked.
Mara turned and glared at him. “I never said I was looking for
