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another at the head of the stairs down to the classroom level.
Halfway to Signals, her mind clicked on long enough to panic . . .
She had to call her family, tell her father and, oh heavens,
hermother that she was disgraced, dismissed . . . Her brothers
would all . . . her cousins . . . Uncle Tomas . . . Aunt Grace, worse
than Uncle Tomas, who would say again all she had said when Ky
first went to the Academy, laced withI told you so . . .

She felt the tremor in her hands, and fought to still it. Now, for this
short period of time, she was still a cadet, and now, for this short
period of time, she would act like one. Even as the dream went
down in smoke and ashes, even then . . . her stomach looped
wildly once and settled.

At the door of Signals, a uniformed guard stared past her.

УCadet Vatta, on order of the Commandant,Ф she said.

He stepped aside, and she heard him murmur into his comunit
УCadet Vatta at Signals, sir.Ф

Commander Terry had the watch in Signals; his expression
suggested that her family were loathsome toads, and she was toad
spawn. УVatta,Ф he said, minus the honorific.

УSir.Ф

УWhich contact number?Ф As if having more than one number were
also a crime.

УVatta Enterprises,Ф Ky said. УThey have a relayЧФ Wherever her
father was, they could reach him, or give her a link to the senior
Vatta onplanet.

УWe would prefer that you make a direct call.Ф

She knew her fatherТs mobile number, of course, but heТd often
said he hated the damned thing, and would leave it on the bedside
table as often as not. That meant her mother might pick it up, the
last person she wanted to talk to. Vatta Enterprises would ring his
skullphone, which he couldnТt take off. She didnТt have that number;
no one did but the communications computer at VE.

She rattled off the string for the mobile, and mentally visualized the
arc of blue, best fortune, of the Saphiran Cyclan wheel, as
Commander Terry nodded to the rating who entered the string.

УName?Ф Terry asked abruptly. Ky startled. УThe name of the
person you are calling,Ф he said.