The Ninth Circle
“Director Benet spoke over Glenn’s head. “It’s a compulsion with your kind, isn’t it.”
They weren’t questions, so Glenn didn’t answer. She wasn’t feeling well.
Benet turned on Patrick with less rancor, more disappointment. “You were not supposed to talk to the aliens.”
“Then why did you bring a xenolinguist to study the language?” Glenn said. She sneezed.
Patrick murmured aside to her, “I’m supposed to spy on them.”
“The term is ‘observe,’” Benet said tightly.
Glenn’s stomach cramped. She retche...d. She hadn’t eaten for a while so nothing came up.
“Perfect. Just perfect,” Benet said. “You brought that on yourself.”
Patrick hummed something at Director Benet. A fox word. It didn’t sound kindly.
Glenn shut her eyes. Dizzy. She felt Patrick’s arm wrap around her back, his other arm slip behind her knees. And she was rising.
A couple weeks among the foxes, hiking, dancing, playing ball, had made Patrick stronger than he’d ever been on board Merrimack.MoreLess
They weren’t questions, so Glenn didn’t answer. She wasn’t feeling well.
Benet turned on Patrick with less rancor, more disappointment. “You were not supposed to talk to the aliens.”
“Then why did you bring a xenolinguist to study the language?” Glenn said. She sneezed.
Patrick murmured aside to her, “I’m supposed to spy on them.”
“The term is ‘observe,’” Benet said tightly.
Glenn’s stomach cramped. She retche...d. She hadn’t eaten for a while so nothing came up.
“Perfect. Just perfect,” Benet said. “You brought that on yourself.”
Patrick hummed something at Director Benet. A fox word. It didn’t sound kindly.
Glenn shut her eyes. Dizzy. She felt Patrick’s arm wrap around her back, his other arm slip behind her knees. And she was rising.
A couple weeks among the foxes, hiking, dancing, playing ball, had made Patrick stronger than he’d ever been on board Merrimack.MoreLess
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