#62: The threat was clear, though.

#61: Del took another bite of her apple while she tried to decide what to tell him.

#60: “It’s beautiful,” Del said, and meant it.

#59: “Huh, I honestly thought something that important would have been fastened better.”

#58: They must be expecting a lot of traffic once the place was operational.

#57: They could breathe the same mixture they were using to keep their city aloft. This would actually work. Check out the Wikipedia article on it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization_of_Venus#Aerostat_habitats_and_floating_cities

#56: “The engines can compensate,” Caweys reassured her, “We just had to get away from the city before they could do anything.”

#55: “I so rarely get to show off the best parts of Venus to off-worlders,” Caweys replied.

#54: “I have answers, but not here.”

#53: She couldn’t read anything from his mind, either, but she was used to that.