Chapter Thirty-TwoAs Swift, J'Tull, and Lyra entered the ministry, the last shot of a battle echoed throughout the vast tower.
The outcome of the conflict was plain to see. Everywhere, the floor was littered with furry bodies; whether the defeated Vox were dead or just unconscious, Swift could not tell.
The invaders glided above them, wings rippling.
Swift thought the creatures looked like Earth's ocean-dwelling manta rays, except for the tiny arms on their bellies. Like rays, the beings were delicate, rubbery wedges with gracefully undulating wings; from wingtip to wingtip, they measured between six and ten feet.
The dorsal surface of each invader's body was steel gray; the underside, visible with each ripple of a wing, was the color of cream and mottled with black splotches.
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