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"I understand your people give gifts on this day," she says. "My gifts to you are the robots in your blood and the suit that will protect you. The robot and the suit will aid you during your battle with the demons. The nanites are active now. The suit, however, can only be worn aboard my ship."
"Ship?" I repeat, my voice almost catching on the word. "So… we're in space?"
The idea that we're in the space sends a jolt of wonder straight through me. Somehow, I've always known that we had to be, but hearing it confirmed still makes my heart pound faster. What geek doesn't dream of going to space? And what geek wouldn't be happy of learning, for sure, that the universe is bigger than the sky above their house?
"We are in low orbit now," she replies calmly. "You would not consider this space, but it is close."
