Afronaut Quotes

“You are the much talked about afronaut leisure class,” said the mustached and shifty eyed third stranger with a knowing smile. “Were you injured?”
“What is an afronaut?” Oggy asked his sister, in a whisper. Zuzu shushed Oggy. Beaumont gave his nephew a cold side eye.”

Excerpt From
Onto a Sea of Stars
Mark Sneed
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― Mark T. Sneed, Onto a Sea of Stars: The Adventures of Christian Drake and The Unintentional Space Pirates

“Okay,” said Oggy. “What did they mean by asking you about being an afronaut?”
Beaumont frowned at the statement. “We’re in space and things have not changed that drastically from two hundred years ago.” The old vet paused. “We are in space and we,” he said lifting his hand and showing it to Oggy. The boy smirked. “We, are the workers, the laborers. They,” Beaumont said, raising his chin in the direction of the three men on the opposite side of the compartment. “They, are the bosses, the managers. So, in this power structure they found a way to label us.”
“We are afronauts,” Zuzu said with a disgusted look and a finger pointing to her hair. “They are astronauts.”
“That don’t sound right,” said Oggy.
“Right or wrong, it is what it is,” Beaumont said.”

Excerpt From
Onto a Sea of Stars
Mark Sneed
This material may be protected by copyright.”
― Mark T. Sneed, Onto a Sea of Stars: The Adventures of Christian Drake and The Unintentional Space Pirates