The Gas Giant (7 page)

‘Ahem…’ MoNa coughed.

Kip grinned. ‘OK, MoNa, you might have helped a bit,’ he said. ‘I promise we’ll name something in Kipbar after you too.’

He and Finbar looked out the window as they steered back through the wormhole. On the other side, the Milky Way stretched out as far as they could see. In the distance they could see the bright green-and-blue ball of Earth, and further on, the red giant Jupiter.

They were nearly home!