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“Ezell and Jei, could you come to the bridge, please?”

Ezell was a very light sleeper, so as soon as Ahala’s voice started in the speakers, she was awake. Ahala sounded serious, so Ezell figured whatever the younger girl wanted wasn’t something she could just sleep through, though she was hardly going to rush. She did a quick stretch before she got out of bed; she didn’t feel like changing so she was just going to wear her sleeping clothes and undershirt.

She slung on her utility bag, grabbed her headscarf, and was about to walk out the door when she bumped right into Jei standing outside her room, the top of her head colliding painfully with his face.

“Oof-!”