Chapter 14The studio was in half-light. The glow from the console lit more than the indirect lights from above. Janny and Danil had gone to get dinner. Only the two figures were there.
Engalla leaned forward in the one chair-module, bending over Kai’s still body, strapped into the one next to her. Slowly, as she had done several times this afternoon, she extended her mind toward Kai’s, firmly pressing against the strong shields that prevented her from entering into Kai’s thoughts. The first few times she had been instantly repelled by the sharp electric-like shock. But now there was a mere firm resistance. Kai must be tiring. It had been more than ten hours since she had been injected with the muscle paralyzer, and since that time, the pulse of the ultra-violet acoustics had bombarded Kai
