Starbounders
“Zachary said.
The sight of Kibarat soaring beside them was breathtaking. The front end of the planetoid had a giant glass dome built over it, with bright green and yellow fields of grass and small farmhouses inside. The back half of the planetoid was uninhabited gray rock, shedding dust particles millions of miles back into the cosmos.
“Hey, Earth to Zachary,” Kaylee said. “I asked you a question.”
“I’m sorry. What was that?”
“Would you rather lick the floor of a New York City subway car or the armpit of an unshowered stranger?”
They had been passing the time until they reached Kibarat by playing the kinds of games that Zachary remembered from family road trips. Would you rather? was always Danielle’s favorite.
“Eww. Gross. Neither,” he said.
“Not an option,” Ryic said. “You have to pick one.”
“And say why,” Kaylee added.
“Oh, man, I don’t know,” Zachary said. “I guess I’d say a stranger’s armpit. It’s just one person’s germs, not thousands’.”
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