"Oh," beamed Katie, "your ship's great!"  In truth, the<em>Jonquil</em>was a lot less grand than the<em>Hispania.</em>Everything was smaller and tattier.  It would be a bit like transferring from a hotel to an RV, but it sure beat going home in disgrace.  She'd hardly admitted to anybody that she'd been fired, but her mum had told her she could move back into her old room if she wanted to.<br/><br/><em>Jonquil</em>was better than that.<em>Anything</em>was better than that.<br/><br/>"So what's the cargo?"