The Return of the Emperor
“Each of the decahedron's sides measured nearly a square kilometer.There was but one man on board. He floated, motionless, in a shallow pool that curved in the center of one compartment. His eyes opened. Blue. Incurious, like a newly born child. Some time passed.A valve activated, and the liquid drained out of the pool. One side dropped away. The man sat up and lowered his legs to the deck, moving slowly and carefully like an invalid testing himself after a long time bedridden. The deck was warm....He might have sat there for a moment, an hour, or a day before a voice spoke. It came from everywhere."There is food and drink in the next chamber."Obediently the man pushed himself to his feet. He swayed, then recovered. On a low stand beside the pool/ bed was a blue coverall. He glanced at it briefly, then walked to a wall. It was smooth and blank except for a circular palmswitch. He touched the switch.The wall became a screen. Vid? Imaging radar? Computer simulation?Outside lay space/not space.MoreLess
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