Rosalind's POVPearl rolled ahead of me up a wide glass staircase, its blue eyes blinking."Miss, the entire third floor is your private space. You can go on in and rest."I looked down a long hall lined with tall windows and soft white doors. One whole floor. Just for me."You can go on ahead, then," I said. "I'll call you if I need anything.""Of course, miss. I've already added myself to your comm. Reach out anytime.""Thank you, Pearl."The robot spun around and rolled away.I pushed open the biggest door at the end of the hall. The bedroom was larger than the whole bunker I used to share with forty people. A round bed sat under a glass ceiling, and the three moons shone right down onto the pillows.I threw myself onto the bed and stared up at the stars.Now this was the retirement I had been dreaming of.I closed my eyes and let the old Rosalind's memories settle into place, one by one.In this world, women were rare. For every one woman, there were ten thousand men. Because of t
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