“We tried, Captain. We really tried.”
Nathan and Ydes stood in the bridge; they were under gravity, a day after escaping the fallow world. Barad sprawled in one of the acceleration couches. She leaned forward, pinching her nose and closing her eyes.
“I can’t believe it.”
“But, sir, I’m just an engineer, and I’ve got radiation sickness—”
“—And I’m a histor…
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