The Ship Who Sang (2009)
“Never again, she vowed, would she be known as the ship who sang. That part of her had died with Jennan.
From somewhere very far away from her emotional centers, she impassively watched the little figures separate, pair off, walking rapidly to continue interrupted tasks or moving slowly back to the barracks. Some, passing, looked up, but she did not interpret their glances. She had nowhere to move to and no desire to move anywhere away from the graveside of her dead partner.
‘It cannot e...nd like this,’ she thought, anguish overpowering the stupor in her heart. ‘I cannot be like this. But what do I go on to now?’ ‘XH-834, Theoda of Medea requests permission to enter,’ said a voice at the base of her lift.
‘Permission granted,’ Helva said automatically.
So absorbed in her grief was Helva that by the time the lift had deposited the slender female figure at the lock, Helva had forgotten she had permitted entry.MoreLess
From somewhere very far away from her emotional centers, she impassively watched the little figures separate, pair off, walking rapidly to continue interrupted tasks or moving slowly back to the barracks. Some, passing, looked up, but she did not interpret their glances. She had nowhere to move to and no desire to move anywhere away from the graveside of her dead partner.
‘It cannot e...nd like this,’ she thought, anguish overpowering the stupor in her heart. ‘I cannot be like this. But what do I go on to now?’ ‘XH-834, Theoda of Medea requests permission to enter,’ said a voice at the base of her lift.
‘Permission granted,’ Helva said automatically.
So absorbed in her grief was Helva that by the time the lift had deposited the slender female figure at the lock, Helva had forgotten she had permitted entry.MoreLess
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