Dorcas explained. Adieu, gentlemen - and Miss Cormet. Barstow hurried the last of them inside with curses and followed them, slammed pell-mell to the control room. The ship had been a freighter of his own Antipodes line, her chem-fuel motors replaced, her wings removed.
I'm rusty; I need a refresher and a checkout. They were carrying weapons of some sort at the ready. But they were always looking for someone and I hoped the list of wanted faces was too long to make the search for me anything other than routine. It's self-sustaining for eight hours, having an oxygen supply for that period.
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