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“Please. Take a seat.”
I did. I glanced out the window at the landscape beyond. It wasn’t much different from the view I saw earlier.
Save for one crucial difference:
An arm extended out from the side of the building that led from the next room in the Supervisor’s quarters.
On the arm sat a vehicle.
I’d never seen anything like it before but I would recognize it anywhere.
A shuttlecraft.
The Supervisor noticed me looking at it and turned back to me.
“Are you a fan of shuttlecraft?” he said.
My mouth turned dry.
You could say that, I thought. I’m interested in them getting me the hell out of here and back home.
I had all the ingredients I needed to make a break for it.
On a series of long shelves sat a bunch of items from various cultures.
The skull of a small creature. A hooked nail. A horn. Rocks that glinted in the semi-darkness.
Any one of which could be used as a weapon to knock the Supervisor to the floor.
Then I could run to the backroom, climb aboard the shuttlecraft, and command it to fly me home.
The guards were just outside the door but they weren’t close enough to catch me… especially if I hit the Supervisor hard enough across the head so he couldn’t shout for help.
Could I do it? Did I want to do it?
You bet I did.
But I didn’t.
What if I needed some form of identification like I did in Kren’s room?
What if I didn’t have the right voice or the right fingerprint or whatever these things needed to get me the hell out of here?
And if I made the attempt to escape now, I might never get another chance in the future.
Much better for me to develop a relationship with the Supervisor and learn the details of what I’d need to escape.
The Supervisor was still waiting for a response.
“We don’t have shuttlecraft like that on our planet,” I said tearing my eyes from it. “It looks very futuristic, like something from our movies.”
So close to escaping and yet so far.
One day, I promised myself. One day.
The Supervisor leaned back and rested a spindly arm on the back of the sofa.
“I understand you’ve met our most famous resident.”
