Of course she misunderstood. “Rachel, antimatter containment is a technique hundreds of years old. We know how to do it.” Ali got back up and sat down at the table. “Treesa and I told her that too.” Ali turned her cup around and around in her hand, nervous. “And we were wrong.” She tugged on her braid, sighed, and then put her hand over Gabriel’s hand. “We made Selene, Gabriel, but Selene isn’t our home. John Glenn is. And maybe, someday, Ymir. But Selene is Rachel’s home. We didn’t hear that when she said it; we didn’t understand. She sees our choices as being willing to risk her home, as not
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