Fourteen
Chevy wasn’t sure what work he’d be doing, but he found out soon enough.
Climbing stairs. Going down stairs.
All day.
At least the brand-new locker room had all new pressure suits. Nobody else had sweated all over Chevy’s suit.
Mason and Miss Redding sat on the beach and talked. Miss Redding used the screen attached to the front of her suit to display information as needed, but Mason and Carpenter didn’t have any way to record it. Offering a map meant contacting Ops and having a laminate sent out the supply chute.
Then Chevy got to climb the stairs, pick it up, and haul it down.
By the time he returned, Miss Redding and Mason were negotiating the next information swap.
Chevy had read the orders, same as her. Montague would offer only three facts on Earth. It existed. Helen
