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Someone yelled, “Action!”
Thayu took in a sharp breath.
Four blinding white spots appeared in the projection: the ship’s engines flared with a brief burst of fire. And then another one, longer this time.
Ledaya yelled, “Hold fire!”
More and more people were staring at the projection.
Slowly, the path diverged from the projected trajectory. The ship broke orbit and moved away from the planet.
The captain said behind me, “We’ll speak briefly.”
