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natural jump point,” Gray said.
    “Really?” Faith said, smiling.  “That’s good, right?”
    “Yes, it’s very good,” Gray agreed, returning her smile.
    “What do you see on the other side?” Tristan asked.
    “Do you have a map room?”
    “One moment,” Graysan said.  He crossed to a large panel set into the wall and punched several buttons.  The lights dimmed, and a holographic map filled the room with thousands upon thousands of stars, moons, and planets.  Faith’s smile widened as she gazed in wonder at the sight.  She realized that the Falcorans were staring at her after a few moments, and remembered what she was supposed to be doing.
    “Where are we exactly?” she asked Gray.  He walked toward the far side of the room and she followed him.  He stopped under a purplish blue planet.  “That’s Jasan,” he said, then pointed at an empty spot nearby.  “That’s about where we are right now.”
    “Okay,” Faith said.  She looked at the jump point through the viewport, then began walking across the room slowly, glancing back to where Gray stood and out the viewport a few times as she went.  Finally she stopped, looked at the planets floating above her head, and pointed at one that was green and brown.  “There,” she said.  “That jump point leads to whatever world is right there.”
    “Sheara 3,” Gray said, a note of shock in his voice.  “With the jump points we know of, it takes about four weeks to reach that world.  With this jump point, it would take less than a day.”
    “If it leads where she says,” Tristan put in. 
    Faith spun around as a deep, warning growl filled the room.  She never questioned how she knew that it was a warning growl, she just knew it. 
    “It’s all right, Admiral Jonathan,” she said.  They hadn’t invited her to use their names, and refused to use hers, so she figured she’d best keep it formal.  “Admiral Tristan is right.  I’ve never done this before, so I honestly don’t know whether I’m right or wrong.”  She turned to Gray, determined to act as though nothing strange had happened even though her heart was racing so fast she could feel the blood pounding in her wrists and neck.  “Isn’t there a way to test this?”
    “We could go into it and attempt to engage our jump drive,” he said.  “If it works, we know it’s a jump point and can shut down before we actually jump.”
    “That would prove it’s a jump point,” Faith said.  “But how do you determine where it goes?”
    “By letting the jump drive engage and see where we end up,” Gray said.  “I’m not sure we should go that far, though.  The cutter is not a long distance ship.  If we end up somewhere unexpected, or can’t return using the same jump point, we’d have a difficult time getting back.”
    “Gray, send a message to High Prince Garen,” Tristan said.  “Tell him what Miss Meyers has found, and give him the coordinates, as well as the new sensor profile.  Let’s see if he’ll agree to send a scout through it.”
    “Aye, Admiral,” Graysan replied. 
    “Miss Meyers, do you see any other...oddities...out there that we should be aware of?” Tristan asked.
    “I’ll look,” Faith replied, risking a glance at Jon.  He seemed all right now, though she could still feel his anger.  She wasn’t all that happy with Tristan herself, but she didn’t want them angry with each other over her.  She remembered how difficult it had been whenever she and Grace had been angry with each other, and assumed it would be the same for triplets.  She went back to the far edge of the viewport and stared into space, looking for holes, thin spots, Doors, or anything else unusual.  She yawned tiredly, wondering what time it was.  It felt like she’d had a very long day, though it could be high noon for all she knew.
    “Prince Garen has agreed to send a scout through,” Gray said a little while later.  “He asks that we wait here for