Kaira woke with a start. She was still on the sofa but she’d slipped to the side and was halfway lying down. The cup was tipped over in her lap, luckily she must have finished drinking it. She pushed herself back to sitting and sat there blinking groggily, trying to get the sleep out of her mind.
There was a clink from the kitchen area. No, she realised it was another clink – the first was what had woken her. She turned her head and saw Tarkus making getting himself a coffee. None too quietly as he banged his cup down.
“Awake again, then?” he asked.
“I can’t believe I fell asleep!”
He shrugged.
“You’re not really through the shock of what happened back on the station yet. Combine that with the strange sleep periods the transitions impose and it’s not really surprising.”
“The t
