Part 9
Conlan’s anxious to get this show on the
road—we all are. But the colony’s decon procedures are so ingrained
in him that he starts the cycle in the airlock before he realizes
most of us just went through this what, five minutes ago? If that.
“Ben will ask,” he explains, when Dylan points it out. With a wary
glance at Shanley and Parker, he adds, “I don’t suppose you ran
through those tests again back at your carrier.”
“I think it’s safe to say we’re still
clean,” Shanley assures him. “The whole crew underwent the
procedures before we landed the first time.”
“You were with Shauna,” Conlan says,
his voice low. “If she’s contagious—”
“She was with Marie, too,” I remind
him. Conlan lets his gaze fall to the ground, he doesn’t answer,
but I can see he’s thinking about that
