In response, Ravenna reared up on her hind legs and then lunged forward, smacking the right side of her face full-on against one of the protruding lumps in the wall, about a meter from the buggy light. The black material lit up with a circuit grid pattern, radiating out from the spot where the Koolie's cheek pressed against what Pit now realized was a sensor.
She flashed her teeth at him in a feral grin, and he felt his lips curl to return the wry snarl. "Interfacing is easy," she said through chattering teeth. Then she glanced forcefully towards the sensor beyond the bug light.
Pit's smile faded. His toes grew cold at the idea of connecting his brain directly to the ship's buggy computer, both his human and dog minds rebelling against the idea. Bile threatened to rise into his throat an
