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It was nearly fifteen minutes before Tarkus finally nodded to himself.
“That’s as safe as I can make it,” he said. “We’re in exactly the same place as where we first exited jump space, and the Glimmer is as ready as it can be. Hopefully the explosion cleared the instability from this area. For now at least.”
“Is this the point where I hang onto the arms of the seat again?” Kaira asked.
“I’d certainly appreciate not being hit by any flying arms if things are rough. Keep your teeth clenched as well. I’m pretty confident we’re not going to hit instability which is that bad again, but I can’t guarantee it. Though it’s not such a problem even if we do.”
“Why not?”
“I’ll explain why to you after… if we survive.”
Before Kaira could respond, or look to his face to see if he was com
