ReunionLife’s Little Perks fair-trade coffee shop, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
“Have you been up the gravity well before?” I asked after a sip of my latte.
Sabine Richardson cradled her own cup and studied my face for a moment. She was completely expressionless, and I hadn’t know her long enough to know if she was searching her memories of past trips or thinking what a total noob I must be to ask a question like that.
“A few times,” she said, finally. “My parents liked to travel. I’ve been to the moon twice, and even spent a week at an all-inclusive on Mars.”
I c****d my head and squinted, thinking about what I’d heard about the Mars colonies recently.
“It was about a year before the troubles started,” she said.
I nodded.
“And you?”
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