“She wished her grandfather, Marc Ibarra, the world’s richest man and the one who’d engineered Stacey’s birth to serve as humanity’s ambassador to the races united against the Xaros, had encouraged her to practice giving speeches—or done anything to teach her to deal with the crippling onset of anxiety that came before every one of these meetings. The bastard knew I would end up here. Why didn’t he send me to Model United Nations or Toastmasters instead of astronomy camp? she thought. Sh...e paced back and forth on the small pod used by Bastion’s ambassadors for their full meetings. It took five steps to get from one side of the dome-shaped craft to the other and Stacey pinged from side to side so fast the turns were making her slightly dizzy. Pa’lon shared the pod with her, the Dotok ambassador’s eyes watching her go from side to side. He kept his hands clasped behind his back, rocking back and forth on his heels slightly.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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