Didi crouches at the end of a trash tunnel, the net over one end wired for power. She's had to sacrifice the small generator that keeps her greenhouse running to set up the lure, but it'll be worth it in the end if she gets what she needs.
It's hard to sit here and not think about how little time she has, fighting waves of panic and terror, checking over her shoulder what feels like constantly as Pip floats overhead, keeping watch. She told him a little about Jackus, but only enough to make him alert, as if he needs much.
"Where are we going now?" Pip flew after her when she left the house a short time ago. It was the hardest thing she's ever done, her body resisting her desire to pass over the threshold and into the outside again. All she can think of is Jackus, that he's waiting for he
