By the time Hope responded to Brian’s ridiculously dangerous suggestion, Tori had nearly convinced the others that Hope’s communication was unaltered and meant to help them.

Hope’s shrill warnings and idiot-proof instructions for harvesting energy sealed the deal.

It made sense to Tori that Hope would want them to succeed. The mother ship needed energy, and how else were they going to get it? The light catcher shuttles had proved far more effective than non-manned harvesters, and the one Tori and the others were using as a lifeboat might be the only one left. The other two had been in far worse shape than this one when the accident happened. Even though Tori didn’t trust Hope’s casualty lists, seeing how she herself was on it, she had serious doubts abo...

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