“For god’s sake, Mykol, I’m an adult. I know I’ll be in the way. Don’t remind me. But these are big worlds, and there’ll be others besides her. I’ve been alone too. Enough alone!”
“We could be killed.”
“You told me once you have to trust the Airafane.”
Smoke flowed down into the room, choking them.
“We have to decide and leave from here now. If we go back to Homeworld we’ll talk ourselves out of it.” She couldn’t see Ranglen’s face because of the smoke. “Come on—let’s do it!”
“We’ll need my supplies.”
“Go with what’s here. We can’t wait.”
He selected Alchera on the star chart. No alarms sounded—so it was not an incorrect or impossible move.
She laughed. “Aren’t you glad I came?”
“I really should have used those zip-ties against you.”
The sky went white. Something drastic must hav
