Chapter Thirty-Seven
Wilder endured the crushing pressure stoically, though she couldn’t help harboring a wish that the Fila had the technology to entirely eradicate the effect of the Opportunity’s fast acceleration on the human body, not only ameliorate it. She’d grown used to the feeling on her trip to the Assembly. But she worried about Piddle and Puddle. Would their little bodies and small bones cope?
Thankfully, the pressure eased after only a short time. That was all it took to travel the distance to the second planet out from Concordia in the star system. As soon as Wilder felt she could safely move, she asked Quinn to release the straps holding her to the padded, reclined seat. She climbed off the seat and walked to the living quarters, struggling against the forces pressing her
