Jupiter shot out of his chair, banged his shoulder against the
overhead, forgetting all about his lack of weight. He rebounded
helplessly to the deck, squirmed around.
"Tabak!" he gasped.
The Caligan girl stood beside the ladder leading below. She was dressed
in Brigg's olive-green uniform, her eyes dancing.
"But I thought you'd gone away!"
Her face softened. "I couldn't. It--it's too strong for me, Jupiter.
I've been in Brigg's cabin all the time. I knew that was one place
you'd never go."
He said: "Then it was me?" his eyes slowly kindling.
Tabak nodded.
Jupiter shoved off from the back of the shock absorber, grabbed the
girl in his arms. "You're crazy," he said, "you didn't have to stow
away."
"But you said you wouldn't take anybody with you when you left."
The tube began to buzz angrily; the red light winked on. Jupiter
stiffened.
"Who's _that_?"
Then Reiloc's voice sounded in the communicator.
"Will you come down here and show me how to eat?" he demanded in an
aggrieved voice. "My coffee is floating in a ball around the ceiling!"
Tabak giggled.