☄︎ – pg. 026...........................
⠀I fall to the floor and put my head in my hands. I can’t hold any-thing back. I cry like a child. We were a lot more than friends. And “team” isn’t the right word either. It’s stronger than that. It’s…
⠀It’s on the tip of my tongue…
⠀Finally, the word slides into my conscious mind. It had to wait until I wasn’t looking to sneak in.
⠀Crew. We were a crew. And I’m all that’s left.
☄︎ – note...............................
OK here are some lines I like a lot. OK thank you
☄︎ – pg. 092...........................
⠀I felt something weird on my forehead when I woke up. I reached up and it was a Post-it note. Someone put a Post-it on my head while I slept. I pulled it off and read it:
Clean clothes and toiletries in the duffel under your bunk. Show this note to any sailor when you’ve cleaned up: 请带我去甲板7的官员会议室
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀—Stratt
⠀“She is such a pain in my butt…” I mumbled.
☄︎ – pg. 211...........................
⠀“Not necessary.”
⠀“You observe, question?” he asks again.
⠀“No.”
⠀“Observe.”
⠀“You want me to observe you sleep?”
⠀“Yes. Want want want.”
⠀Through unspoken agreement, a tripled word means extreme em-phasis.
⠀“Why?”
⠀“I sleep better if you observe.”
⠀“Why?”
⠀He waves a few arms, trying to find a way to phrase it. “Eridians do that.”
⠀Eridians watch one another sleep. It’s a thing. I should be more culturally
sensitive, but he threw shade when I talked to myself. “Eridians are unusual.”
⠀“Observe. I sleep better.”
☄︎ – pg. 250...........................
⠀I looked away. “Do I have to be here?”
⠀“You’ll have to excuse Dr. Grace,” Stratt said. “He’s a bit…tender on certain topics.”
⠀“I’m fine,” I said. “I know animal testing is necessary. I just don’t like to stare at it.”
⠀Lamai said nothing.
⠀“Dr. Grace,” Stratt said. “Stop being an asshole. Dr. Lamai, please bring us up to speed.”
☄︎ – pg. 251...........................
⠀Still, Lamai was no slouch. She got the needle into Stratt without delay and on the first try. The blood flowed into the tube. When the blood draw was complete, Stratt rolled down her sleeve. “Grace. You’re up next.”
⠀“Why?” I asked. “I’m not volunteering.”
☄︎ – pg. 287...........................
⠀“You get.”
⠀“Ugh,” I groan. “EVAs are so much work!”
⠀“Lazy human. Go get!”
⠀I laugh. He has a slightly different tone when he’s joking around. It took a long time for me to identify. It’s like…it’s in the timing be-tween words. They don’t have the same cadence. I can’t really put my finger on it, but I know when I hear it.