'23kpc' Chapters 15-16: What to Believe: Not Quite the One Thing, Not Quite the Other

A pair of space-cruising insiders start to tease us with answers

[Mural by graffitist Benzi Brofman. (Photo found on Flickr courtesy of the photographer, one “Loco Steve.” They made it available under a Creative Commons license allowing its reuse. with limited adjustments — I’ve done very little, just jazzed it up slightly — as long as one passes it along under the same terms to anyone else… as I do, here.) The capti…