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Kremer shook it, smiling broadly, then added, тАЬI just heard everyone voted to
change the star name to Erebus when I came out of deep sleep. I love the changeтАФI
think.тАЭ

Naomi patted her on the arm. тАЬYouтАЩll get used to it!тАЭ

тАЬI got to visit its namesake, the volcano in old Antarctica.тАЭ

They sat and ordered more coffee, which a robot vendor brought in short
order.

SashaтАЩs eyes glowed. тАЬEarth must be amazing.тАЭ

тАЬItтАЩs good to be home,тАЭ Kremer said to Sasha. тАЬYouтАЩve just graduated,
havenтАЩt you? Architecture?тАЭ

Sasha nodded. тАЬFirst year in grad school now, macroarchitecture.тАЭ

тАЬHe wants to design space colonies,тАЭ Naomi added.

Kremer smiled warmly at her friendтАЩs son. тАЬIтАЩm sure he will. What do you
think of the Black Hole Project, Sasha?тАЭ

тАЬThe BHPтАЩs just mind-boggling, Dr. Kremer,тАЭ Sasha said, тАЬtrying to get such
a precise collision with four-billion-ton impactors eight light years away.тАЭ

She laughed easily. тАЬYou can call me Hilda. And thatтАЩs about all thereтАЩs left to
do in physicsтАФmind-boggling things. All the easy stuff was done before we were
born. We have to be precise, but not perfect. Vertex Station, where the impact point
will be, provides the vernier beams and guidance points for the final approach. Then,
on December 23, 2284, all four impactors meet the target as planned, and boom! We
get a mini black hole.тАЭ
 Sasha shuddered. тАЬOr, boom! The universe blows up!тАЭ

Naomi grimaced and tried to think of something diplomatic to say as
KremerтАЩs jaw dropped.

тАЬJust kidding,тАЭ Sasha said quickly. тАЬBut weтАЩve got some ice-heads here, too,
who think itтАЩs possible.тАЭ

тАЬWell!тАЭ Kremer shook her head. тАЬI didnтАЩt think IтАЩd escape them entirely.тАЭ

тАЬAnyway, weтАЩve got an extra six months,тАЭ Sasha said.

Naomi stared at him in surprise. тАЬWhat do you mean by that?тАЭ No one had
mentioned a delay to her. She looked at Hilda, who shook her head.

тАЬI havenтАЩt heard anything like that. Where did you get that, Sasha?тАЭ