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Ahead of them loomed the sun, Spicus, many millions of miles away, / while beneath them lay the planet, Spicus Five, a vast hemisphere which / was rapidly shrinking into the distance. Kim moved over beside Dona and / stared reflectively at the instrument-board.
"I got frightened, Kim," the girl said. "You were gone so long."