Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2022 05-06 by Penny Publications

Author:Penny Publications [Publications, Penny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penny Publications
Published: 2022-04-30T22:00:00+00:00

The remaining two ships continued to grow and prosper. They had ceased to spin in midair and now bobbed occasionally, emitting gongs. Their surfaces were lovely, textured, in a multitude of bright hues.

These were ships, yes, like the mechanical vessels Locke had traveled in. But they were lives as well, and the Shipgrowers had birthed them. They would fly on their own soon, so the hoppers—in a growing convulsion of anticipation—told him.

“But what are they for?” he asked.

Usskanz looked up from his meal. Today they were all eating white fleshy leaves steaming in a thick tart sauce. “They are... prestige.” He tried to explain further, but the language seemed to fail him. Locke strained to understand.

Vuzbiss intervened. “The Shipgrowers’ ships are highly valued. The ships sing. Personages of power will try to make a bond with a ship, thereby elevating their own statuses even further. The artistry that goes into growing a ship is respected throughout the five Mights. Throughout the Galaxy.”

Locke brooded on this. But his thoughts returned again and again to the debris pen on the far side of the dome.

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