Deadman Switch
“The vehicle’s exterior was in such bad shape that it made me wince, but the motors ran well enough and the sucon rings seemed to hold their charge without any obvious leakage, so on balance I really had no grounds for complaint. Perhaps, I reflected, eight years among Carillon’s wealth had spoiled me more than I’d realized.
We headed off, following a barely distinguishable path that looked more appropriate for livestock than for vehicles. Calandra, I could tell, wasn’t in the mood for conversation, and I had no particular reason to try and draw her out. So I got as comfortable as I could in a perpetually bouncing seat, prepared myself mentally for a long five-hour trip, and settled back to watch the landscape.
It was, I found, a surprisingly interesting landscape to watch. Even the sections of untouched native area we’d seen around Shekinah had hardly been the lifeless desert I’d been expecting, and now I was finding that even that had been relatively sparse.
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