Chapter Seventeen
The tube, only wide enough for one person at a time, made conversation difficult. But when Shadow called a halt at a six-way intersection—two tubes at right angles left and right, two at right angles up and down, and one carrying straight on—to consult the control device, which apparently also functioned as a map, Lorn had to ask, “Where the hell did that net come from? Not that I’m complaining, since I’m not currently a grease spot on the bulkhead, but…”
“Shh,” Shadow said, concentrating on the control device, but to his surprise, Kiri answered.
“Acceleration net,” she said. “Everything in the Core should be tied down during maneuvering. But just in case something isn’t, or in case of emergency, you don’t want stuff smashing into the aft bulkhead.”
Lorn felt like an
