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because of the alien Mashrami attacks. The little children were allowed to cry. The bullies picked on
everyone else. The ones in betweenтАФlike BainтАФ had to put up with it.

Bain wondered if he could work for the governor. That would get him out of the dormitory when his
lessons were done. The office was cool, and it was too hot to play outside. The bullies picked on him
because he was smarter than most of the boys his age. Bain thought he could handle the work of a
secretary.

Maybe someday he could earn money to go to school and learn to work on a spaceship. That was what
Bain wanted more than anything in the worldтАФeven more than getting away from bullies like Toly Gaber.
He wanted to be a Spacer and travel between the stars.

тАЬIt's worth trying,тАЭ Bain whispered. тАЬI don't care how dusty and boring it is in here, it's better than
outside.тАЭ

Bain was tired of hot sunshine, scorching air, dust, brown plants and everyone telling him to conserve
water. The war with the Mashrami didn't make life much more interesting. No one told the orphans
anything, but they could guess. The Mashrami invaders had found a Knaught Point to make the jump
from their galaxy and were trying to take over the galaxies where the Humans of the Commonwealth had
lived for nearly three centuries.

The Mashrami were theonly interesting part of the war. No one knew what they looked like; the alien
invadersnever left their ships. They used stun bombs or electronic scramblers that killed computers when
they attacked ships in the cold silence of space. They never used voice communication to demand
surrender from the worlds they attacked. Some people said the Mashrami didn't have voices, or even
mouths.

тАЬSomeday, Cowrun,тАЭ the woman growled, loud and clear as the door swung open.

Bain stiffened and kept his eyes straight ahead. He hoped he wouldn't get in trouble for staying, but this
was exciting!

тАЬLin, I know you better than you think. You don't hate children. Neither does Ganfer,тАЭ Cowrun said.

тАЬThat'sCaptain Fieran, to you.тАЭ She stepped through the door.

Bain tried not to stare, but he had never seen a captain before. Captain Lin Fieran was a small woman,
maybe a hand taller than Bain, and he was only in his early teens. She had glossy black hair pulled back
in a thick braid that fell past her waist. It had streaks of silver in it. Bain had never seen anyone old
enough to get silver in their hair.

Her face and bare arms were the light cocoa brown of Spacers who used thin radiation shield plates to
get better speed. Her loose, black trousers were tucked into silver mesh boots with soft soles, so she
didn't make a sound when she walked. Her sleeveless shirt was a patchwork of glossy colors: royal blue,
crimson, emerald green and gold, belted at the waist with a silver mesh sash.

She wore a copper band on each arm, between elbow and shoulder. Their flashing lights showed
different ship functions. A Spacer was always in contact with her ship.

Bain wanted more than ever to be a Spacer. In space, he could listen to all the information bands. He