“We’re astonishingly shortsighted.” “Just you and me?” Alex said, exaggerating his drawl to make a joke of it. “A vast new frontier has opened up for us. We have the chance to create a new society, with untold riches beyond every gate. But this world has treasure, so instead of figuring out the right way to divide up the damned galaxy, we’ll fight over the first crumbs we find.”
