The Starlight Princess

Previously

…Just as Gleep reached the corridor entrance, Astra’s voice rang out, laced with a hint of desperation. “But… what if I told you there was a reward? A very, very shiny reward?” Gleep paused. He didn’t turn around, but Astra could almost feel the gears turning in his grumpy alien brain. A reward. Shiny. That sounded suspiciously like something that might motivate him. He still looked like he wanted to blast her into the nearest black hole, but he didn’t leave. He just stood there, one hand on the doorframe, waiting. Astra knew, with a flicker of hope, that she might just have found her reluctant ally. The chase, it seemed, was officially on.