CHAPTER 5
Where is security to be found? In a universe of constant surprises and disappointments, it’s foolish to look for external sources ... The sane person is, first and foremost, secure within himself.
—Anthropos, The Sane Mind
There was no point to going back to sleep; she would have to get up soon anyway to begin the day’s activities. Dev freshened up, washed her face and managed to squeeze in a chapter from a recent popularized book on comparative interplanetary ichthyology before it was time for her to emerge from her cabin and officially start the day.
She wandered into Foxfire’s tiny galley and discovered breakfast hadn’t been prepared. She had instituted a schedule for cooking at the very beginning of this voyage, in which even she and Larramac took turns preparing meals. B
