บท 170: Q: Home at Last

Rafaela found herself looking forward to seeing Adrian again too. He was one of the handful of people who had sent regular messages in their daily transmission.

Lief informed them calmly, "He said he would visit tomorrow."

Brendan's expression dimmed a little, but he replied simply, "Okay."

It wasn't until they reached the longer sections of the tower, empty open rooms in nearly zero G that made Brendan brighten again, that Rafaela realized what the tower actually had to be.

"You built our residence inside one of the station's support tubes?" she asked Schmidt a bit incredulously. The old MOUSE nodded. "Isn't that dangerous!?"

"Not unless the station folds, in which case your quarters would very likely have been breached anyway," Schmidt objected.

"We balanced it," Bellamy assured her.

Brendan's eyes lit up, and he murmured, "That explains it!"