Ncriis

Chapter 1: Unexpected Company    It was quiet on the Ascension. By the ship's clock, we had forty-five minutes before we reached our destination. Being unable to sleep in any case, I got up and dressed. I only had a few things in my wardrobe. Some were clothes I had acquired from markets all over the Pegasus Galaxy. Others had been made for me out of gratitude. I swept through them and grabbed my long grey greatcoat, a gift from the Travelers for my help. It seemed like everything besides the coat had patches. That was the way things were with clothes that belonged to someone with a lifestyle like mine. They started out looking good and then