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Josh pushed up and weakly crawled out of the emergency pod. His head was spinning and he felt disoriented. He gripped the sides when his knees gave out under him. The fact that he was still wearing the bottom half of his space suit didn’t help.
He glanced at the woman when she grabbed his arm to steady him. She looked like a human, at least in the dark. Pushing upward, he was relieved to feel some of the weakness fade.
“We need to leave,” the woman said again, looking around the woods with a frown. “There are beasts in the forest that are dangerous. We need to return to the vineyard.”
“I have to get out of this suit,” Josh muttered, reaching for the bottom section.
“Just hurry,” the woman said with an anxious tone, turning to place the long board and knife that she was holding in th
