Tin Star
“He was sitting in his bin hard at work on a tiny piece of electronics. He was leaned over, lost in focus as he smelted something. Reza was reading a datapad. Els was nowhere to be seen.
I banged on the side of the bin. Caleb’s fingers slipped, and I could tell from his curse that he’d ruined whatever he was doing. Good.
“You owe me big,” I said.
He didn’t agree or disagree with me. He put his work down. He looked at Reza who shrugged and then went back to reading. It stung me to be brushed off ...by him, but I was here for an explanation from Caleb.
“Come with me,” Caleb said. “I want to show you something.”
I followed him, wondering where he could possibly be taking me. It was when we started to get closer to the more derelict parts of the station that I began to have a hunch. And when he jimmied the door open to the warehouse full of the mining robots, my hunch was confirmed.
“How do you know about this place?” I asked.
“I get restless,” he said. “I walk a lot.”MoreLess
I banged on the side of the bin. Caleb’s fingers slipped, and I could tell from his curse that he’d ruined whatever he was doing. Good.
“You owe me big,” I said.
He didn’t agree or disagree with me. He put his work down. He looked at Reza who shrugged and then went back to reading. It stung me to be brushed off ...by him, but I was here for an explanation from Caleb.
“Come with me,” Caleb said. “I want to show you something.”
I followed him, wondering where he could possibly be taking me. It was when we started to get closer to the more derelict parts of the station that I began to have a hunch. And when he jimmied the door open to the warehouse full of the mining robots, my hunch was confirmed.
“How do you know about this place?” I asked.
“I get restless,” he said. “I walk a lot.”MoreLess
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