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“And then?” Amy demands

And then black patches

“It’s what they want,” I say

“You’re the leader! Make them come!”

I wait until she stops pacing and faces me “Amy, I have to consider more than just your opinion ”

She bites down as if she’s chewing on her words, then sits down opposite me

“How ?”

“About eight hundred ”

“Eight hundred?!” Aain

“About ”

“That’s”

“More than a third of the ship,” I say

“They’d rather die in a cage than live on a planet?”

“This is their home, Amy,” I say “I know you can’t understand how Godspeed is a home, but it is ”

She sits back down, slowly “You should o,” she snaps “But,” she adds when I open ht want to stay If they’ve never seen anything else”