The First Day On The Ship
The small group was met by three fleet security officers. Rahim felt uncomfortable. Did they find the documents? He smiled at them, hoping to get a conversation going, but they were escorted in complete silence and stopped in front of the captain’s door.
“Welcome to the X15-A128. I am Captain Walter Thurgood, and my pronouns are ze, zim. It is our pleasure to have you aboard. You are the first group of passengers to travel on our cargo ship. We’ve had stragglers and hitchhikers with the other ships on the fleet, but not this particular ship. This beauty is brand new.”
Rahim exhaled with relief. Thank you, universe, for not letting me get caught. Drakh! I’m not good at this whole stealing thing. My guilt is wearing me out. What sort of a sad little spy am I, tha
