Adventures in the Far Future & Tales of Outer Space — page 116: what you’re looking at

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“The trouble is that we may be headed anywhere,” said Brent. He explained awkwardly. “I thought Il’d better install the new drive to jolt the crew a little. | was afraid they’d miss their engineer, and Rudi, and start investigating In the passengers’ quarters. | came to help in case they did. But they're busy. Ill go back and finish my job.” Kit said hopefully, “May | come and help?” “There may be trouble,” said Brent. “They may be hunting for the engineer.” “I’ve a blaster now,” she reminded him. “You gave it to me when you disarmed Rudi. | could watch while you work.” Her father said matter-of-factly: “She’s a very good shot. And as for the danger, If anything happens to you we're all dead anyhow.” “Well go through the kitchen,” he told her. “There’s a door to the rest of the ship from there.” There was a woman in the kitchen, though. She was unskilfully preparing food for a child who stayed close to her. The woman said fretfully, “After all the terrible things that have happened, | do think the officers would send the cooks back!” “They're probably all working to keep the overdrive going,” said Kit gravely. The woman sat the child on a stool and began to feed it. They did not want her to see them disappear into the working section of the ship. Kit rummaged for food for the two of them. She brought Brent a half-warm lunch pack. “We should talk,” she suggested. “I’d like to Know about you.” “You know everything that’s important,” he said briefly. “You know how | think things tie in?” She waited, watching him admiringly. He felt the admiration and liked it But he pretended not to notice. “There’s been theorizing,” he said in a low tone, “that even overdrive isn’t the limit in transportation. On the face of it, it’s happened. Vistek fruits can’t be shipped from the CORniclooo SS CO