“What do you think we’re building Refuge for? It’s taken time away from the collider.” He tried to put himself in her place. What would he want, if he were Rachel? “Maybe some of you can go with us. It’s pretty clear some of the Earth Born will stay. Selene is stable enough that its atmosphere will last for a century or more. We didn’t have a hell of a lot of choices.” “Why don’t you stay?” “We may be the last humans in the universe. I don’t know. With luck, there is an established colony at Ymir, and we can add to its chance for survival. The issue is bigger than either of us. And you won’t
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