Space and time broke in half. Where the two halves of reality folded to meet, a small tear opened, and between the folded pages slipped the Ichihara. The refitted prison liner-turned-home slowed as it exited its jump from the Taus, turning towards the Kyofu Gap, but its single great engine did not burn. It sat idle, waiting.
"Hi, this is Yoko on the HFL Ichihara to Kyoto Base. We're here in Shiden awaiting escort as instructed. Both ships are on board, and we brought presents too."Yoko Mori turned in the great oversized chair to look over towards her friend, Yukiko Hideyoshi."Okay, that should do it. Now we wait."
On Yoko's other side, her partner—Kaoru Nishimura—was already at work on the navigation console, scanning the radiation field for an irregularities in the deadly field of radiation."The Kyofu is as calm as I have seen it. We picked a good day."
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