Chapter 40Jules loved the press of people–of all species–that filled the worship hall in the Butlerian Church on the station. The noise of so many voices, the odors of dozens of species, all mingled into something that told him he was home.
He had taken his accustomed spot near the back of the cathedral’s hall, in a pew beside one of the enormous pillars that rose to the high ceiling above. He’d only been back three days, after spending a month with the Makkars on the Olympia. It’d taken that long to get a ship out to pick up him and MAR-A. The ship had also brought two technicians that Bri had hired to help with her work and the ship. They had a new comet to work with–MAR-A had confirmed the presence of dozens of spirit eaters remained in the pocket, with many more in other pockets. They
