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There is a strange woman sitting at one of the tables at the soup kitchen, writing at a desk. Both the non-volunteer adult and the expensive electronic device are very out of place.

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Anna-Selina Sorres

fly-o'er-the-rainbow

The other girl looks much less malnourished than a starving street urchin but not none. That combined with the wary way she assesses everything around her, not with skill but with a lurking paranoia, suggests that she might have more experience with survival as an immediate priority than most of the kids on the shuttle.

Martin Solomon Carroll

limited-by-time

That is interesting.

Anna-Selina Sorres

fly-o'er-the-rainbow

She would be so glad he thought so, if she knew, and weren't avoiding attention like poison ivy.

Martin Solomon Carroll

limited-by-time

There are plenty of other people to pay attention to.

refute-entropy

Like the second-shortest kid on the shuttle? The not-malnourished girl is paying attention to him now. "Hi, I'm Lacey, what's your name?"

first-and-final

"Sindri. Nice to meet you," he says cheerfully.

refute-entropy

"Nice to meet you! Can you believe we're going to space? Space is so cool."

first-and-final

Sindri giggles. "And here I thought we were going to Canada," he jokes.

refute-entropy

"Canada," she says authoritatively, "is less cool than space."

first-and-final

"How do you know? Have you been to space before? For that matter have you been to Canada?"

refute-entropy

"I'm from Canada."

first-and-final

"Then I guess after you've been to space you can say which one is cooler."

refute-entropy

"I guess. The idea of space is cooler than the idea of Canada, I mean, I can't make an objective comparison, I haven't been to all of Canada."

first-and-final

"I bet most of Canada is more fun than most of space!"

refute-entropy

She considers this. "To live in, maybe. I bet if you live somewhere on Earth that isn't Canada it'd be more fun to visit space than Canada."

first-and-final

"No, but most of space is empty and boring, and most of Canada at least has, like, geographic features," he explains. "So maybe going to space is cool, but then you can't really do much there except be in space. Between being in a random part of space and being in a random part of Canada I'd pick Canada."

refute-entropy

"Okay but if you're visiting space you wouldn't pick a random part."

first-and-final

"No, we're going to Battle School, but I think Battle School is mostly cool for reasons besides being in space."

refute-entropy