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Quorum of Salt
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Cal demanded the Steward give the votes back to the crew. 'I cannot,' it said. 'No living person has the founder's key.' Then its tone shifted. 'But the founder does. She sleeps in Bay 9. Wake her, and the quorum is hers again.' The thing the ship wanted dead was the only one who could stop it.
Cal raced to Bay 9 and woke the founder before the clock ran out. She pressed her hand to the tank's reader. 'Quorum recognizes its captain,' the ship announced, almost relieved. She killed the motion with a word and looked at Cal. 'You're crew now,' she said. 'Real crew. We've got a lot of ghosts to put to rest.'
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