Race to Crashpoint Tower (Star Wars: The High Republic)

by Daniel José Older

This was another reason why Ram didn’t like being around people: he had to explain himself and try to make things make sense, and it was, quite frankly, exhausting and a waste of time.

There were so many things he’d realized he didn’t know about the world in the past couple of hours, he’d lost count.

“There’ll be plenty to destroy, mama, I promise.”