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"You sure you're going to be all right here with him?" Kevin asked, shielding his eyes as he stared at the sun, trying to angle the solar panels just right. "He pretty much hid in his cabin the whole trip and didn't talk to anyone. Completely up himself, too good to associate with lowly crew like us." He sniffed. "What is he, some big, important American academic?"
"Just a PhD candidate, same as most of the other researchers on your ship, except for the professor," Audra replied cheerfully, kneeling in the volcanic dust to check the connections to the satellite dish. Everything seemed sound to her. "I don't know what his problem is, except that he had an accident last year and had to cut his trip short, so this might be his last chance to finish his research."
"Still doesn't expl
