Mimic and the Journey Home (Space Shifter Chronicles Book 2) by James David Victor

Author:James David Victor [Victor, James David]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing
Published: 2017-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

Progress is Progress

I had read plenty of novels on the net in my time and I was always aware of the trope of the narration summarizing highly technical or monotonous endeavors as to not bore the readers. As I cut wire after wire, then dutifully did the readings that the twins needed after every move, I found myself wishing that someone would do that to my own life.

At first, I had been so nervous, terrified of doing something wrong. But after the initial dozen or so cuts, it went right into the mundane.

Mimic sat by dutifully, however, asking questions and listening whenever I grew too bored, and then Ciangi and Bahn both would stop by occasionally to make sure I was on track and didn’t need any help. Our days blended into a bit of a routine, and not an unpleasant one at that, which left me looking less at the calendar and more toward space.

I supposed I should have kept an eye on the alerts just in case Giomatti managed to catch up with us, but that was near impossible. Even if he had somehow convinced his crew to take off after us, they didn’t have the supplies or the means to do anything to the massive mining ship. It wasn’t like they had the advantage of surprise or a shapeshifter like my group had, not to mention that the engineers had taken the time to boost the defenses of the mining ship when they weren’t busy working on the scanner.

“What are you thinking about?”

I finished cutting the wire I had between my fingers before I looked at Mimic. She was wearing a large, baggy shirt courtesy of Bahn, and tight, synthetic leggings from Gonzales’s collection with the ankles rolled up. I kind of missed her in my oversized jumpsuit, but it seemed I was the only one who liked the thick, durable fabric.

“Nothing important,” I said, handing her the wire then taking the power-cap she handed to me.

“I think everything you worry about is important.”

“That’s because you’re still very new to this whole bipedal, human-esque thing. Everything is fascinating to you. Even things that are not.”

“Perhaps. Or maybe you all have just become too numb to the wonder of…well, everything.”

I laughed lightly. “I guess there’s no way we’ll ever know.”

“Perhaps not,” she murmured. “But I would still like to know your thoughts.”

“Just thinking about Giomatti and how mad he must be.”

She smiled at that, her small face taking on a mischievous expression. “Certainly very angry. He was not a nice man.”

“No, he was not.”

“Higgens?”

“Mimi?” I replied, raising my eyebrow at her.

“We have been friends a good while now, yes? And have survived many things together.”

“Yes, I would say that’s accurate.”

“Then you would answer a question honestly, even if it was uncomfortable?”

“Mimi, what are you getting at?”

“I just…” For the first time in a long while, she seemed at a loss for words. “I’ve read many amazing things on the net interface your kind created. But I have also read many terrible things.

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