The recess hadn’t allowed Osborne to feel out the other justices on a continuance. She’d barely had enough time to brief Hague and be certain of his support. She knew that the other justices were eager to finish their business on board the Zurich-Orbital so they could return Earthside and resume their own affairs, either because they disliked the zero-g environment or because other matters were pressing for their attention. She was gambling that mere discomfort wouldn’t win out over a desire to see this case through to the end.