Chapter 11
He was floating in the air, with bright spots of colour around him. Lights flashed, but he couldn't open his eyes. There were voices, but it sounded like speech played backwards. Kali opened his mouth, but found he couldn't speak.
Deep inside him, something grew: a nothing-ness.
It was like a sudden gust of wind blowing away leaves, like...
A ship's surgery. There was something attached to his head.
[Aidin.]
Kali sat up and almost fell out of bed.
"Aidin!" he screamed, "Aidin!"
Jade swore and rose from under his blankets. "Go back to sleep. Aidin isn't here."
"I know. He's in the hospital. They're doing something to him." Kali jumped out of bed and found his trousers and fumbled to put them on in the dark.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm going to get Aidin."
"You can't. H
