Phase Space
“Of course not; she knew the requirements of the mission as well as anyone, as well as Dan himself. She had her duty to NASA. She understood that.
But it felt so right.
It came after the kill.
The night was over. The sun, a fat ball of light, was already glimmering above the water surface.
The squid emerged from the grasses and corals where they had been feeding. Shoals formed in small groups and clusters, eventually combining into a community a hundred strong.
Court me. Court me.
See my weapons...!
I am strong and fierce.
Stay away! Stay away! She is mine! … It was the ancient cephalopod language, a language of complex skin patterns, body posture, texture, words of sex and danger and food; and Sheena shoaled and sang with joy.
… But there was a shadow on the water.
The sentinels immediately adopted concealment or bluff postures, blaring lies at the approaching predator.
Sheena knew that there would be no true predators here. The shadow could only be a watching NASA machine.
The dark shape lingered close, just as a true barracuda would, before diving into the shoal, seeking to break it up.MoreLess
But it felt so right.
It came after the kill.
The night was over. The sun, a fat ball of light, was already glimmering above the water surface.
The squid emerged from the grasses and corals where they had been feeding. Shoals formed in small groups and clusters, eventually combining into a community a hundred strong.
Court me. Court me.
See my weapons...!
I am strong and fierce.
Stay away! Stay away! She is mine! … It was the ancient cephalopod language, a language of complex skin patterns, body posture, texture, words of sex and danger and food; and Sheena shoaled and sang with joy.
… But there was a shadow on the water.
The sentinels immediately adopted concealment or bluff postures, blaring lies at the approaching predator.
Sheena knew that there would be no true predators here. The shadow could only be a watching NASA machine.
The dark shape lingered close, just as a true barracuda would, before diving into the shoal, seeking to break it up.MoreLess
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