[Lance watches Nate move with purpose toward the window, wondering what he's getting at, but then--
The moon. Huh.
...Oh. The moon.
Lance sits up straight suddenly, pieces clicking together, not just Nate's theory but some of his own as well; he won't mention them just yet, but he's suddenly very interested.]
Space tourism exists, but it's limited. I'm pretty sure the colonies have had problems recently, at least on Mars, and there's information in the documents about redirecting funding from projects on Pluto toward Spinetail instead.
[So space--whether the moon specifically or not, though it's a perfectly reasonable place--makes perfect sense to be connected to this whole mystery. And even without that, the logic tracks; if you could hide information on the moon, why wouldn't you?]
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The moon. Huh.
...Oh. The moon.
Lance sits up straight suddenly, pieces clicking together, not just Nate's theory but some of his own as well; he won't mention them just yet, but he's suddenly very interested.]
Space tourism exists, but it's limited. I'm pretty sure the colonies have had problems recently, at least on Mars, and there's information in the documents about redirecting funding from projects on Pluto toward Spinetail instead.
[So space--whether the moon specifically or not, though it's a perfectly reasonable place--makes perfect sense to be connected to this whole mystery. And even without that, the logic tracks; if you could hide information on the moon, why wouldn't you?]