CHAPTER 6
Eydis cried out once, involuntarily, when the hub went black. Almost instantly Bria set her suit aglow, making the chameleon skin shine brightly. But the light only cast a white pool around them in the large room, making Eydis feel lost in an infinite dark.
“Come,” Bria said, putting one huge hand behind Eydis’s back, the glove of her armor like a giant steel claw. The spread of Bria’s palm would have covered Eydis’s n***d back, and now the armored hand nearly covered the oxygen tanks of Eydis’s suit. Bria guided her, not ungently, close to her side. She took a step forward, and waited for Eydis to match it with two steps.
They walked together toward the entrance, so tight together that their legs bumped. Bria stopped a few steps away from the entrance to the spoke. She
