Among Brighter Stars, Chapter 17 (Patreon)

Thanks again to my lovely patrons for commissioning more chapters of this baby. It's the most world-building (and research-heavy) of all my projects, but I do so love it. Also torturing Clinton, but we'll get more of that soon >:) 

As always, feel free to leave comments on the doc, but remember that there is no need for you to make corrections or line-edits. I post chapters here before the line-editing and checking happens so you get early access :)