But she knew that too, and there was more to her coming here than that.
"Ash--they've finished assembling the drive in your ship. They've
finished repairs on her bow, too. They're going to run the tests in a
few hours. Everybody's sleeping, except for the maintenance crew, and
they're scattered through the base. Ash--I think we can get out of
here. If we don't run into any guards, we can make it to the airlock.
There'll be a few suits in a locker there. We can make a run for the
ship." Her voice was urgent, and full of hope, and bitterness for the
desertion of a dream--a sick, tainted dream, but her dream for so many
years at Thorsten's side.
And I knew, for the first time in weeks, that Earth had a chance. I
knew, too, that Pat and I....