The Scorpion Rules
“The voice was familiar, but I was adrift. I could not place it. I opened my eyes and saw only a window—a hatchway or a round window, edged with blades. It was a circle, and then the blades swung inward and made it a smaller circle, and then larger again. The twitching looked organic. The blades seemed to flutter like a pulse. Half machine, half— “Father?” I said. The Abbot. The Abbot had been— I heard the Abbot’s voice, as if in a memory: “Children, I’m afraid there is bad news. . . .”
“Come ba...ck, Greta.” That voice was Xie’s.
“Greta?” Elián. “Please, God— Grego, is she okay?”
“I’m not— A moment.” It was the unplaced voice again—Grego. It was Grego. “Ah, yes. See? Yes, they are coming free.” There was a twinkle in the corner of my eye. A dark shadow lifted past me as the dreamlock magnet-net came loose. And then the bladed window took its true size. It was tiny. It was right in front of me, but it was tiny, a laser aperture—an aperture.MoreLess
“Come ba...ck, Greta.” That voice was Xie’s.
“Greta?” Elián. “Please, God— Grego, is she okay?”
“I’m not— A moment.” It was the unplaced voice again—Grego. It was Grego. “Ah, yes. See? Yes, they are coming free.” There was a twinkle in the corner of my eye. A dark shadow lifted past me as the dreamlock magnet-net came loose. And then the bladed window took its true size. It was tiny. It was right in front of me, but it was tiny, a laser aperture—an aperture.MoreLess
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