MAKEY’S FOOTSTEPS FALTERED along with his resolve as he made his way to Celebration Hall. Having Carl alongside him helped bolster his confidence a little, but the prospect of confronting Da and speaking out against everything he’d been taught since he was a babe suddenly seemed a lot harder than it had when he’d been hiding in the hostel.
Just a few days’ absence from his home, school, and his Da’s fields had made his life on Dawn less real to him. His mind had been among the stars and planets for a while, anticipating the exciting adventures he would have when he got aboard the starship with the help of his new friends.
At that moment, as he walked the familiar streets of Dawntown, drawing alarmed glances from latecomers to Celebration Hall prayers, he felt he was still very much on hi
