Mimic and the Space Engineer (Space Shifter Chronicles Book 1) by James David Victor

Author:James David Victor [Victor, James David]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing
Published: 2017-09-06T06:00:00+00:00

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I groaned as my alarm went off. Despite having a full night’s sleep, my dreams had been a wild ride, leaving me feeling exhausted before the day even started. Sitting up, I rubbed my eyes to see a large, black puddle on my floor.

“Mimi?” I questioned.

The onyx pool began to bubble, then solidified until her female form was laying on the ground, looking perfectly groomed, rested and ready to go.

“Greetings, Higgens. Are you ready to begin the operation to return me to my home?”

“Yes indeed,” I said, forcing myself to my feet. It also probably didn’t help that I had slept in my uniform. Perhaps a hot shower would do me some good.

But that could wait until after I made all of this right. We had hurt someone, whether intentionally or not, and I needed to make up for it.

“Alright, can you tell me what today’s part of the plan is?” I quizzed her.

“Yes. I will stay here and learn more of your culture while you go and question members of the crew on how one might be able to find my kin.”

“Very good, and what are we not going to do?”

Her eyes flicked to me from where she had seated herself at my desk. “I am unsure, but I believe this is an example of something called ‘patronizing’. I am not an idiot, Higgens. I know that revealing myself to the species who destroyed my home without a second thought and has no prior track record with dealing with alien life—as well as a terrible history of how they treat their own people—Is a terrible idea.”

“Oh. Right, sorry. I just worry, ya know. Especially with the whole dampening chamber thing you pulled.”

“I was starving, and knew I needed enough energy to be able to expand my form into one similar to your species. Communication was worth the risk.”

“Of course. And obviously it worked out for you. I’m going to go ahead and step out before I put my foot any further in my mouth.”

“Is that something humans can do?” Her hands went to her hips. “These seem much too solidly connected for that.”

“It’s an expression. Why don’t you look up what those are? Alright, awesome, I’ll see you later now. Bye!”

I rushed out, cheeks flushing a bit pink. Gosh, I was awkward with conversation. It figured that Mimi was going to learn her first impressions of human interaction from someone who barely understood it. I hope I didn’t socially cripple her for life.

Then again, if I was returning her to her own people, that wouldn’t matter much. It would have been nice to daydream about how whatever I taught her would affect her species’ view of us, but I didn’t have the time. I was on a mission, after all.

I could hear the tell-tale hum of the drills through the wall. It was the sound of active mining, which meant that the coin twins weren’t going to be in the engine bay, instead they would most likely be at the bridge or the engineering center where they would monitor the ship’s readings.

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