The Law of Becoming: 4 (The Novels of the Jaran)
“Stepping out from the interior of the shuttle, she felt exposed and dizzy. It was a long long way to the ground.
“This is amazing,” David ben Unbutu was saying to Maggie O’Neill. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”
“Any idea how it levitates?” she asked nervously. About the size of a soccer field, the “plate” on which they stood seemed no thicker than a hand, and there were no railings along the sides.
“None. Goddess, if I only had access to their technology—”
Ilyana clutched Anton’s wrist with... a strong grip and told Valentin in a voice made brusque by fear to pick Evdokia up. It was just the kind of awful accident that might happen, one of the children plunging off the side. To her right, Diana Brooke-Holt had already grabbed hold of both Evdi and Portia.
The air smelled funny, but it was breathable.
The palace spread out below and before them, but they were still nightside and all she saw were pinprick lights and vast contours of shadow. The platform glowed with a silver tinge that echoed distant clusters of subdued and delicate lights.MoreLess
“This is amazing,” David ben Unbutu was saying to Maggie O’Neill. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”
“Any idea how it levitates?” she asked nervously. About the size of a soccer field, the “plate” on which they stood seemed no thicker than a hand, and there were no railings along the sides.
“None. Goddess, if I only had access to their technology—”
Ilyana clutched Anton’s wrist with... a strong grip and told Valentin in a voice made brusque by fear to pick Evdokia up. It was just the kind of awful accident that might happen, one of the children plunging off the side. To her right, Diana Brooke-Holt had already grabbed hold of both Evdi and Portia.
The air smelled funny, but it was breathable.
The palace spread out below and before them, but they were still nightside and all she saw were pinprick lights and vast contours of shadow. The platform glowed with a silver tinge that echoed distant clusters of subdued and delicate lights.MoreLess
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