Chapter 55 VoidBranwen walked in ever-widening circles, trying to watch a spot in the middle to see how far she could get. The problem was the floor or ground or whatever her feet touched over and over and over again had no features, no distinguishing mark she could focus on. No more than the gray space surrounding her or over her head did. She could as easily be walking in a miles-long arc to her left as spinning like a child’s top. She had no way to tell. Nothing ever varied in this place. Nothing ever changed. She’d long since lost track of any sense of time passing, but she hadn’t forgotten the timer ticking away inside her own body for even a second. She rubbed her hand across her abdomen, wanting to know, afraid to look. Branwen stopped, drawing in a breath. Her sharp inhale

