The story takes places in a small shuttle craft known as an EDS (Emergency Dispatch Ship) that is being sent out to go send some medical supplies to a group of people in a nearby planet. We are told that these ships have a certain amount of fuel, and if only a small amount of mass, such as a stowaway is added to the ship, then it will not have enough fuel to fully reach it’s destination without crashing. The pilot of course immediately finds a stowaway, but instead of meeting an easily taken care of crazy man, he meets a young 18-year old girl only trying to meet her brother. Eventually, he tells her she has to be jettisoned out of the craft in order to make it their safely. She can’t believe it, as she though she only had to pay a fine. The pilot tries to call for help, but no one can. So, he lets the girl call her brother and say goodbye. Then he jettisons her off the ship. I basically just have the say the story is interesting, well told, but has a very sorrowful ending.
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