The Other Side of Nowhere

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He wasn't quite six feet tall, though he looked more than that. Perhaps it was because he was a merchant-space officer of some experience. Perhaps it was because he'd been born and raised on a planet where the gravity was 1.7 normal and he felt light and springy where other people drooped. Or it may have been because he'd been on many ships and many worlds and knew his way about. In any case, he was eating a steak in a warehouse-district restaurant when he heard about the Rim Star. It sounded good, but he made sure it was straight before he acted on it.

It checked, so he headed for the spaceport, though it was well after midnight at the time. His name was Braden and his papers certified that he should be of great value to any ship which secured his services. He didn't put much faith in documents, himself, and maybe this skipper wouldn't, either. But papers were necessary.

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