I left Mom to her new old job-temporary, my ass-knowing she had a ton of things to do that had absolutely nothing to do with me. And while I knew, now Femke was whole again and the WPC in safe hands, I was free to focus on my own impending doom, I wasn't satisfied with this particular ending.

I caught up with Femke in her quarters, packing. It was pretty obvious from the organized piles of her belongings she'd known from the moment she regained ...