When Tori finally managed to get to sleep, she crashed hard, settling into dreamless unconsciousness and staying in that blissful state for hours? Days?

She wasn’t sure, and the 9:15 that flashed when she tapped her armband after finally waking told her nothing. She’d been meaning to reset the thing to 24-hour time, but she kept forgetting.

At least she felt refreshed after waking, which wasn’t her usual. Refreshed and hungry. She disentangled herself from the sleep straps and went in search of something to fill the gnawing hole in in her belly.

All the others were already in the galley, Mr. Yi crouching in a corner, Brian stirring something in a bowl on the counter, Gabe leaning against the wall, his stool perched precariously on two legs, and Lu hunched behind the computer they...

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