Chapter 34
2876, Terran Expedition ship Australia
Ahundred years ago, except it wasn’t a hundred years ago now, was it? Muriel rubbed her eyes and kept moving in the dark. Kept walking. Her finger traced invisible lines on the padded cell walls.
Messages. Invisible messages.
Messages that Brock could see with his scent-sight. She leaned into the wall, her finger tracing his name on the panels. If he came in here, with his scent-sight, he could see what she wrote.
Brock, my love.
No doubt the scientists were busy analyzing the video. Despite the darkness in the cell, they were watching. Infrared cameras, all sorts of sensors monitoring her respiration, heart rate and the rest of the signals her body gave off. They didn’t need to touch her for any of that.
The panels might even suck i
