4
They set up a ring of plastic chairs in the mess hall, using most of the space near the serving counter. Everyone came to the meeting: Anna, Jena and Larani. Rajel, Novol, Corin and Edrin. Drayvin, Sun, Cassi and Keli: they were all present. Except Corovin, for some reason. Melissa wondered about that. The man was a cantankerous jerk at the best of times, but he had always attended their planning sessions.
Jack clasped his hands behind his back, pacing a circle inside the ring of chairs. “So, that’s pretty much it,” he said with a shrug. “Dark matter and a war they engineered so they monitor us as we die.”
Larani was ashen-faced. The horror in her eyes was unmistakable. “All this time,” she whispered. “That’s what it was all about.”
“Kinda makes you empathize with the lab rats,” Jack
