think it’ll actually happen this time?” one of the other girls asked as they all came to a stop at the R7 hatch.

“Unless another High Commander goes batshit and tries killing us all,” YrgiçÅ‚a shrugged.

“Real funny,” another girl said.

The elevator was just barely big enough to fit all twelve of the girls. That was almost their entire seventeen girl class. It was an unusually large class, actually. Apparently, as the day of the Descent began approaching, people were encouraged to have more children. They would need some large litters to keep the population going once they reached Garden.

If I remember correctly, Nalyata thought, it was actually High Commander Dyaröchus that started that campaign when he took over.

“Th...

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