Queen of Mars - book Iii in the Masters of Mars Trilogy
“And then darkness fell, making our blackness utter. Darwin lit the lamp, and it threw eerie blue ice shadows on the walls.
After a while I began to feel as if we had made no progress. Our little area of illumination never changed: the same white ice walls, ceiling and floor. Though we walked, I was beset with the illusion that we were walking in place.
“I must rest,” I said, the pain in my head finally overcoming me. I fell to the floor and Darwin attended me.
“Your bump is less noticeable,” he said, gently probing the wound.
“It feels as though someone was rhythmically beating me with a closed fist,” I said, feeling suddenly faint.
He put water to my lips from his canteen.
“Then we’ll rest here for the night.”
“How will you know when it’s day?” I asked, and he laughed.
“We won’t,” he said, “but we’ll guess.”
And then he must have lain me gently down, for when I awoke I was swaddled in blankets on the floor of the ice tunnel.
I sat up, glad to see that the pounding in my head was gone..., and that I could move my head without a stab of pain shooting through it.MoreLess
After a while I began to feel as if we had made no progress. Our little area of illumination never changed: the same white ice walls, ceiling and floor. Though we walked, I was beset with the illusion that we were walking in place.
“I must rest,” I said, the pain in my head finally overcoming me. I fell to the floor and Darwin attended me.
“Your bump is less noticeable,” he said, gently probing the wound.
“It feels as though someone was rhythmically beating me with a closed fist,” I said, feeling suddenly faint.
He put water to my lips from his canteen.
“Then we’ll rest here for the night.”
“How will you know when it’s day?” I asked, and he laughed.
“We won’t,” he said, “but we’ll guess.”
And then he must have lain me gently down, for when I awoke I was swaddled in blankets on the floor of the ice tunnel.
I sat up, glad to see that the pounding in my head was gone..., and that I could move my head without a stab of pain shooting through it.MoreLess
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