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She was late. Her shift had ended half an hour earlier, but Kiondili was just now getting rid of the last bit of interference in the ship's primary drive field. By now her class at the institute would have started, but until this field was finished, she did not dare leave. The care she took in tuning the drives might make the difference between being called back to work tomorrow and being turned away with a shrug. There were hundreds of people vying for every opening on the space-docks. Kiondili Wae could not afford to jeopardize her position, no matter how temporary it was. For the privilege of paying her rent, she could live with being late to her morning class. If she w........