WHEN SAYEN LEE WOKE up, she knew something was wrong. She tried to make sense of the feeling. Then, as always, the realization hit as her memory returned. She’d been injured in the crash-landing on K. 67092d, and now all that remained of her mind was trapped within a brain that no longer controlled her body. Machines were keeping her heart beating and her lungs breathing. She was in stasis, and though she could think, hear, and speak, she was otherwise entirely cut off from the world.
Except...except...Sayen could feel. She was lying on sheets, and air moved gently on her skin. Her heart began to race. A beeping sounded.
“She’s coming around,” said an unfamiliar voice.
“Sayen, oh, Sayen,” said another voice. Her mama. It was her mother speaking. The events of the last few days came floo
