num_pages: 515
description: My name is Alice Long and Ive always known I was different. When I was little I used to climb up to the highest branches of the housetree at night and watch the starships docking at the orbital stations high above. Forty meters off the ground watching ships thirty thousand kilometers overhead with senses that could pick out radar pings and comm chatter as easily as the ships themselves. It all seemed perfectly natural at the time. There were other kids with mods at the orphanage but nothing like that. I learned fast to downplay my abilities keep my mouth shut and try to blend in. Even as a kid I knew not to trust the Matrons. What would they do if they realized the Adjustments that were supposed to make me a meek little herd animal didnt do anything? Then I messed up and gave myself away. Now Im on the run hoping against hope that the Matrons wont try too hard to find me. Hoping to survive all the awful things that can happen to a girl on her own in space. Kidnappers slavers pirates and yakuza - no matter where I go trouble always seems to find me. Good thing Im not as helpless as I look.
language: English
title: Perilous Waif
publisher: None