Xora by Riley Olivia

Author:Riley, Olivia
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-10-12T00:00:00+00:00

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Grace rested well and was feeling better than new the next morning. She went and fixed all the issues in yellow (some having turned to red overnight) and checked over the station before heading to the sub-bot room. There, she found Xora. She smiled happily at him as she took her seat at the bot controls.

"I've seen larger murza lurking about lately, so we will need to be extra careful," Xora said as he adjusted his suit.

"Nothing I can't handle," said Grace.

Xora huffed. "Now who is being arrogant?"

Grace grinned as she started up the console, the monitors displaying video feed and a map, the lights turning on outside.

"I have something for you," came Xora's voice right beside her ear. Grace nearly jumped out of her seat.

"I told you not to—what's that?" she said, staring down at a strange crescent-shaped device in Xora's hand.

"Take off your translator." He gestured to her ear.

Grace did as told, and in return, Xora fixed the strange device around her neck. They waited a second, and then Xora began to speak to her.

"Can you understand?"

Grace gasped. "Yes, I can!" And unbelievably better than her translator. It was like they were speaking without one at all. The instant he spoke, she heard exactly what he said in her language. "But how...?"

Xora tapped at the same kind of device around his own neck. "Vrisha translators. Much more efficient. I found them behind some supplies in one of the storage units on the ship. Must have been an afterthought of the crew. I configured them with human speech per the ship's computer. They are waterproof as well. "

"Wow, this is great. Now we can..." Grace drifted off, her hands falling from her neck. "Oh, but I guess this means...you won't have to teach me vrisha anymore. Now that we can just..."

He gazed at her curiously. "If you wish to still learn, I will teach you. But these will be much more convenient."

Grace smiled, nodding her head. "That would be great."

Xora bent his head, then placed on his mask. "Let's get to work."

As soon as he was out in the water, Grace was back in gear and ready to fly. Controlling Fox, her swift and agile bot, she drew all her concentration into the journey.

Several hours passed, and they had successfully gathered the ghost tongue. With the new translators, Grace couldn't deny they could communicate much easier, being able to give each other a quicker update of where they were and what was happening around them in more detail.

"Once I lose the rest of these small murza, I'll start back," Grace said.

"I will be right behind," Xora answered.

Grace did a few evasive maneuvers through a set of small caves before she was certain she'd gotten away from the murza. She slipped out easily, then started back for the station.

As she drove the bot through the seemingly endless dark, she had an urge to do something for Xora, to thank him better for taking care of her. She knew he had no use for human tech, so he wouldn't bother with human trinkets.

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