"This is your room from now on, equipped with basic living supplies. If you need anything else, you can tell Alice, and she will arrange it for you if she doesn't forget,"
"Next door is a small storage room at your disposal, suitable for prayer or meditation. As a devout Believer, you should have such needs."
"Do not go to the lower levels. Do not be curious about the locked cabins. Strange creaking sounds or the noise of ropes scraping against the floor occasionally come from deep within the ship; don't make a fuss about it. Let it be. If there really is something wrong, I will take care of it myself."
"Remember the crew's rules when living on the ship."
"Anything else you would like to ask?"
Vanessa stood at the door of the cabin that had been assigned to her, looking at the plain but normal furniture arrangement, still feeling somewhat dazed.
