Silence descended over them. Rion jerked to attention, drawn out of his semiconscious state when he finally became aware of the cessation of the storm’s fury. The other men realized the worst was over as the walls slowly resumed brightness.
Opening the door proved difficult. It took several of them applying pressure before the sliding panels opened far enough for them to exit one at a time. It took longer for everyone to take in the amount of destruction caused once they reentered the main gathering hall. Now all the crashing and grinding noises they had heard made sense.
Huge chunks of the way station had fallen from the observation towers and landed on the lower sections. Sheets of crystalline glass punctured the walls and ceilings like enormous blades, slicing with enough force to e
