Adiamante (2011)
“The only signs of motion were the hot mists simmering up off the scattered meleysen groves like silver fog rising into the light.
A light layer of fog rose from the locial landing strip as I turned the flitter onto its final approach. I got a couple of warning blips from the traffic control system, and that showed how distracted I was. Most of the time, I could set the flitter down without even a flicker.
“Coordinator?”
Keiko’s netcall meant more trouble, but that wasn’t unexpected. It was clos...e to mid-morning, and I’d run and linked with Yslena, and all that time the cybs and the Construct had been battling each other.
“Yes, Keiko?” I began to button up the flitter.
“There’s a ground shuttle awaiting you.”
“Why?”
“Kaluna is out here, and he’s angry.”
Kaluna? Who was Kaluna?
“The draff—his mate was the one the cyb attacked,” Keiko prompted.
“And he saw the same cyb, right?”
“How did you guess?” My assistant’s question was barely that, more of a dark acknowledgment.MoreLess
A light layer of fog rose from the locial landing strip as I turned the flitter onto its final approach. I got a couple of warning blips from the traffic control system, and that showed how distracted I was. Most of the time, I could set the flitter down without even a flicker.
“Coordinator?”
Keiko’s netcall meant more trouble, but that wasn’t unexpected. It was clos...e to mid-morning, and I’d run and linked with Yslena, and all that time the cybs and the Construct had been battling each other.
“Yes, Keiko?” I began to button up the flitter.
“There’s a ground shuttle awaiting you.”
“Why?”
“Kaluna is out here, and he’s angry.”
Kaluna? Who was Kaluna?
“The draff—his mate was the one the cyb attacked,” Keiko prompted.
“And he saw the same cyb, right?”
“How did you guess?” My assistant’s question was barely that, more of a dark acknowledgment.MoreLess
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