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The following cycle, Kian Voss drove Sister Theresa back to the Cathedral. Before she hopped out of the Survey Crawler, he handed her a heavy iron master-key, a roll of a thousand scrips, and a sealed lead-lined bag of Sanctified Rations.
"This key opens the Mid-Hive distillery and your private hab-cell there," Kian explained. "By the time your next day of reflection comes around, your parents will be officially registered as residents. Those wafers are from your mother. If your belly is empty, eat one. Only one."
Theresa knew her mother didn't have the resources to manufacture high-grade energy wafers, but she accepted them with a look of profound gratitude.
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