Nichelle smiled warmly. “Harrison Phillips, thank you for being with us today.”

He smiled back and she felt herself shiver under his gaze. “Thank you very much for having me, Nichelle.”

Nichelle shifted in her seat. “Let’s get right down to it,” she said, composing herself. “Last week your company, Platinum Galactic, won the right to mine the asteroid–”

“Actually,” he interrupted, “we won the right to bring the asteroid into orbit. Mining rights were never in question.”

“Right,” she said coolly. “What does this mean for–”

“That the space age has finally really begun, with PG at the forefront.”

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