"See," Garth said, pointing at it. "Three months from now, that's where I'll be. The first man who dared to sail among the stars."
"Only because you don't let anyone else share the glory and the danger."
"Why should I? But you wouldn't go, anyway."
"Will you let me?"
I had him there.
"On your head be it. The Comet could hold three or four in a pinch, and I have plenty of provisions. If you really want to take the chance—"
"It won't be the first we've taken together."
"All right. We'll start in ten minutes." He went inside the ship.
"Don't go," Kelvar whispered, coming into the Comet's shadow. "Tell him anything, but don't go."