“This is just crazy. In a good way, though. Is it internally producing antimatter, you think? Something like that?” “We do not know. But it definitely increases in mass. And then, after using light as thrust, it loses mass appropriate to energy released.” “That’s…! Dimitri, I want to hang out with you. Like—can we hang out? I’ll buy you a beer. Or vodka. Or anything. I bet there’s an officers’ club on this boat, right?” “It would be my pleasure.”
