Neverwylde (The Rim of the World Book 5) by Linda Mooney

Author:Linda Mooney [Mooney, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: science fiction, other worlds, adventure, aliens, action, sci-fi, sensuous
Publisher: Music And Press
Published: 2017-01-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Intelligence

Kelen stared at Dox in surprised. “You know what Five said? You understood it? Without a translator?”

Dox blinked. His expression was one she knew so well. It was the one that silently rebuked, “I said I did. Why are you doubting me?”

The little man held out a hand to the small furry. Five crawled into his palm without any signs of reluctance and clutched the front of his uniform. It shook itself, resulting in its fur sticking up in tufts. Water droplets glittered like stars over its body.

“Kelen, what is that?” Kyber questioned.

“I call them furries. I don’t know what they call themselves, but I’m alive because of them.” She turned wide eyes to her husband. “There is so much I have to tell you! These creatures, they’re the ones responsible for the glyphs in the tunnel walls!”

“What?”

“I…”

She started to explain when he interrupted her. “This is not the place or the time to go into details.” Kyber glanced over at the platform. “There should have been more coming through by now.”

“Maybe they fixed it and the others are up at the temple.” Kelen wrapped her arms around herself. Kyber must have noticed and drew an arm around her shoulders, pulling her against him. “Maybe we should start making our way up to the temple.”

“You are assuming everyone else is there,” he commented, and he was right. If they’d been split up two ways, it was conceivable they’d been scattered to who knew how many platforms.

“So, I guess you’re suggesting we remain here and wait for them to come find us?” She peered up over her shoulder to look at him. But instead of answering, he was staring past her. Kelen turned her head to find Dox and Five nose-deep inside the shattered inner workings of the panel board inside the tower. If she didn’t know any better, she’d swear the two were discussing the problem. “Kyber, is it my imagination, or is Dox and Five trying to work out the problem with the transporter?”

“I was thinking the same thing. Kelen, check to make sure you still have the transmitter.”

A quick check of her pocket confirmed she did. “All right. So we stay put and let them come to us. We can’t stay right here out in the open. I vote we take shelter inside where the baths are.” At the mention of the hot water baths, she stared at the bloodstains on her arms and back of her hands. “It’ll feel good to clean this crap off.”

“Dox? A word, please.”

The little man leaned back from the panel to give Kyber his full attention. Five sat perched on Dox’s shoulder, one tiny clawed paw grasping Dox’s ear for balance. Staring at them, Kelen was struck by how natural the twosome appeared together.

Kyber continued. “Do you think you can fix the panel? At least well enough for us to use in the event we need to leave here in an emergency?”

“Don’t know.”

Kyber sighed. “We cannot stay out here. We are going inside the tunnel where the baths are located, and wait for Jules and the others to get here.

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