7
Starla
Starla’s been feeling like she has a handle on Maribi Station’s layout, but Mona slips through it like she grew up here. She leads them through secret corridors and service entrances, and twice she gives a subtle sign to a rough-looking worker who lets them through an entrance he’s casually pretending not to guard.
The longer Starla’s on Maribi, the less it’s starting to feel like home. Nothing on Silk Station was really off-limits other than someone else’s quarters. Nothing needed to be guarded because there were no secrets — there was only the wild, tangled nest of the extended Dusai clan.
Their destination is a door, half-hidden behind the slumped husk of a forklift suit. The suit is missing an arm, and it looks like most of the wiring has been salvaged — nobody’s going to
