She stepped gingerly over a snoring, hungover Goretug, only to continue the motion as a solid kick to Alan’s ribs.

“Get. Up.” she growled, nose wrinkled in disgust at the squalid spaceport tavern. “I made our sacrifice to the Klurr an hour ago; if we wait any longer they’ll get distracted and let the wormhole close!”

Coughing, he balled himself up. “This is NOT how you treat royalty.”

“I don’t give a damn what the oracle said that birthmark means. Until we shake the Nebulons, you're still just an idiot gambler. Now get up, your majesty. You’re no use laying there.”

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