Probability Space (2014)
“That was at an acceleration of nearly two gees, which made everyone uncomfortable. People stayed still in their chairs a lot, except for Essa.
She was all over the spacious ship. An irate officer dragged her onto the observation deck by one skinny arm. “This alien was in the engine room!” Kaufman refused to say he was sorry. Essa wasn’t his responsibility.
Somehow, she was Marbet’s. Marbet spent hours with Essa every day, teaching her English. “She’s very intelligent, Lyle, but one of t...he least fearful people I’ve ever seen. She isn’t scared of anything unless it’s physically threatening her life at that very moment. She’s terribly vulnerable. What are we going to do with her?”
“I didn’t think we were going to do anything with her. Magdalena is.”
Marbet said quietly, “You know that’s not true. It would be criminal to leave a child like that with Magdalena.”
“Marbet, when we return to Sol I won’t know if my false passport had been discovered.MoreLess
She was all over the spacious ship. An irate officer dragged her onto the observation deck by one skinny arm. “This alien was in the engine room!” Kaufman refused to say he was sorry. Essa wasn’t his responsibility.
Somehow, she was Marbet’s. Marbet spent hours with Essa every day, teaching her English. “She’s very intelligent, Lyle, but one of t...he least fearful people I’ve ever seen. She isn’t scared of anything unless it’s physically threatening her life at that very moment. She’s terribly vulnerable. What are we going to do with her?”
“I didn’t think we were going to do anything with her. Magdalena is.”
Marbet said quietly, “You know that’s not true. It would be criminal to leave a child like that with Magdalena.”
“Marbet, when we return to Sol I won’t know if my false passport had been discovered.MoreLess
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