Hidden in Sight (2010)
Hidden in Sight
“I really don’t care where we stay, Es, as long as I’m out of this as soon as possible.” Paul was either gritting his teeth or one of our coms had some static. The “this” to which he referred was his suit. It wasn’t the quality of the Prumbin garment that so perturbed my Human. He appeared to have reached some limit of tolerance for his own odor—or his suit’s air scrubber had given up. Though a peaceful being, I was reasonably sure he entertained thoughts of violence if he didn’t get into a ’fre...sher soon.
“Patience,” I told him, finding it odd to be the one using the word. “It’s not far now. We must stay at Anienka’s Happy House. I promised my cluster.”
It wasn’t quite a lie, since Ansky—technically my mother—had insisted I stay with her on each of my visits to Prumbinat. She owned a piece of property of the sort commonly referred to as “unique.” As one might expect, this meant a place where no sane being would choose to build a permanent structure, although if one could .MoreLess
“Patience,” I told him, finding it odd to be the one using the word. “It’s not far now. We must stay at Anienka’s Happy House. I promised my cluster.”
It wasn’t quite a lie, since Ansky—technically my mother—had insisted I stay with her on each of my visits to Prumbinat. She owned a piece of property of the sort commonly referred to as “unique.” As one might expect, this meant a place where no sane being would choose to build a permanent structure, although if one could .MoreLess
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