wealthy part of the ship, and several people gave her best uniform nasty looks as she walked through the door. Tori almost walked right back out, but then she caught sight of Gabe standing in a cluster with Lu and Brian—and was that Mr. Yi?

Gabe saw her at almost the same time she saw him. “Tori!” He rushed over. “I’m glad you came. Hey, everybody. This is Tori. She’s the genius who figured out how to get us enough power for the rest of the trip to Shindashir.”

He glared at a couple of people who’d been side-eyeing Tori, and they looked awkwardly away.

All but one crusty older lady who looked enough like Gabe that she was probably a relative. She sniffed, looked Tori up and down, and said, “This is a house of worship, young lady, not a soci...

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