Tides of Light
Chapter One
The Cap'n liked to walk the hull.
It was the only place where he could feel truly alone. Inside Argo
there was always the rustle of movement, the rub of humanity kept
two years in the narrow though admittedly pleasant confines of a
starship.
And worse, when he was inside, someone could always interrupt him.
The Family was getting better at leaving him alone in the early
morning, he had to give them that. He had carefully built up a small
legend about his foul temper just after he awoke, and it was
beginning to pay off. Though children might still rush up to him and
blurt out a question, lately there had always been an adult nearby
to tug the offending youth away.
Killeen disliked using implied falsehoods-he was no more irritable
in the morning than at any other time-but it was the only way he
could think to get some privacy. So no one hailed him over ship's
comm when he was out here. And of course, no ship's officer would
dare pass through the lock and seek to join him.
And now there was a much better reason not to come out here.
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