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e stood out in the
drab, torn clothing she'd lived in for weeks on end. Acheron clothing was
mostly a practical and often sexless affair, as befitted the environment.
There wasn't much available on Gateway in young girl sizes of course, but
Newt went crazy over a patterned thermochromic dress whose colours changed
with temperature, which was coming back into style again for the upteenth
time. Together with a few matching shirts and shrink-to-fit shoes, Ami Tokito was
again an undistinguishable part of society.
The first job done, Ripley took Newt on a sightseeing tour of the massive
station. They spent hours using the Telescopes in the observation lounge to
study the Earth they couldn't visit for now. Ripley pointed out the gray
blotches of cities, the brown scars of strip-mined country, the mountains and
lakes and Oceans, the Snow and Ice covered polar caps and Mountains, and the
Deserts. The little girl was enthralled! She'd never known anything except
Acherons barren rock, completely overcast skies, and almost unpalatable air
driven by the unceasi
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