Chapter 11

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Chapter 11At noon the next day the MITTsandRalph saluted as they walked into the brand-new, all shined-up andready shuttle that would take them to the gold planet. I personallythanked the MITTs after I returned their salute. The exchanges withMITTs are always awkward and a bit melancholy. They speak likehumansbut there’s nothing flesh-and-blood about them. But you still tendto miss them if they don’t come back from a mission. The MITT commander told me it had beena pleasure to serve under my command. I thanked him. I said theoddswere against it, but I hoped we might serve together in the future.He said he would enjoy that, then walked into the shuttle. TheotherMITTs and Ralph followed him. Astrid and I left the space bay, thenwatched as the doors opened and the shuttle lifted off. It sil

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