The Shaman of Karres by Flint Eric & Freer Dave

Author:Flint, Eric & Freer, Dave [Flint, Eric & Freer, Dave]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Science Fiction, Space Opera, General, Fantasy
ISBN: 9781982124564
Google: G_p0ygEACAAJ
Amazon: 1982124563
Goodreads: 52759246
Publisher: Baen
Published: 2020-05-05T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

Goth awoke to the sound of people moving around in the ship. She should have thought to bring breakfast along with her, she realized. Best to find out what they were doing, she decided.

What they were doing was offloading the cargo, in double quick time, and preparing the ship for takeoff. That preparation included cleaning up the boss’s suite, so Goth was glad not to be there.

Actually, it seemed the ship would be a good place not to be soon, so she took the parts, the hat and dark glasses, and a spare jacket and left on one of the ground trucks—which, today, they were using as well as the trolley pulled by the chattering little humanoids. The stores were being packed into a warehouse, but Goth decided that the spaceship spare parts should be put somewhere where they were less likely to be accidentally found. So she went into the factory, which was running full tilt, crushing paratha and packing it into tiny bottles that ran down a conveyor to get sealed. The sealer was against the wall, and had some space behind it. Goth slipped the units into the dusty cavity behind and below—and nearly got herself caught, by touching that machine’s casing and losing her no-shape.

It drew her in. It was full of memories. This was where the injured prisoner Lieutenant-Commander Kaen had been put to work. He’d fixed that machine…and sent his name out with every single bottle sold. There was also the image of a little hairy humanoid somehow tied to his hopes and fears.

“Who are you?” one of the prisoners from the cells asked. Goth was no longer in no-shape, and just standing there.

“New prisoner,” she said. “I was sent to work here. But they didn’t tell me exactly where I had to go. Everything seems to be a bit of a mess this morning.”

Inwardly Goth was cursing. She didn’t want them searching where she’d been seen—or describing her too closely. She used a light-shift to alter her appearance. But habit caught up on her: She’d been using the ghostly image of Pausert’s mother to try and frighten the crew of the Bolivar, so that was the face she chose. And then seeing the startled look on the face of the other prisoner, hastily modified it.

The woman looked at Goth again, blinked, and rubbed her eyes. “For a moment I thought you were that Lina woman. The one who ran off and got herself killed by the Gaks. Did they tell you where you were supposed to be working?”

“No. They just chased me out of the cell they put me in,” said Goth sullenly. “I want out of here.”

“Huh. Fat chance,” said the other prisoner. “Where are you going to go? Leave here and the Gaks will kill you. And even if you got away from them, what are you going to eat out there?”

He shook his head. “Wait here. I need to shut down my crusher. I was told to get Pilsk to help load plants at the nursery.

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