Chapter 16
Australia’s Shuttle
Muriel fought the sick feeling in her gut. It didn’t have anything to do with moving from a null-gee environment to a standard gravity.
The shuttle looked old.
Nothing specific that she could put her finger on, like seeing someone dressed in an old style. Antiquated. Come to think of it, even the space suits that the scientists and the security wore looked old. Not old as in worn out and patched, in fact, the suits positively gleamed, as if they hadn’t seen much use at all.
It was the fashion, the design of the suits that had a retro look to them.
Add to that the linguist’s surprise with Dyami’s translator and their clear surprise when she asked about Hansel.
Helen and Constantine had led the way through the umbilical airlock that connected the ships.
