Sharing a SlipGate bubble with her mother, father and sister – not to mention Jena, Larani, Rajel, Keli and Novol – made for a very cramped ride, but Melissa endured it in silence. Luckily, it didn’t take long.
They arrived in a white room with plenty of sunlight. That was all she could say on first inspection as the bubble’s shimmering surface reduced everything to a blurry soup. She scanned her surroundings for any sign of trouble. She had more than half expected to find three dozen commandos with assault rifles waiting to shoot them the moment they arrived. Thankfully, she saw nothing that stood out to her.
The bubble popped.
Melissa breathed a sigh of relief when spatial awareness confirmed what her eyes had told her. No commandos, no killer robots, no ziarogati: so far, so good. Bu
