All Our Tomorrows by Jennsen G. S
Author:Jennsen, G. S. [Jennsen, G. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781735178455
Amazon: B09F5P2KXP
Goodreads: 58905212
Publisher: Hypernova Publishing
Published: 2021-10-17T07:00:00+00:00
Alex made a show of peering around at the shelves and cabinets in the lab. âI donât see any wine goblets.â
âVery funny.â
âAlas. For science, then. Are we ready?â
Nika touched her shoulder. âThatâs our cue to vacate the premises so we donât interfere with the test. Dashiel and I will be a few hundred meters away at the gelato shop in the atrium. Message me when itâs safe for us to return.â
âWill do.â Nika and Dashiel exited the lab, leaving her, Kennedy, Noah, and two techs to whom Noah was quietly issuing some instructions. She shrugged at Kennedy. âSo what do I do?â
Kennedy gestured to the control panel. âThe machine is set up to send the harmonic resonance wave to the Reor. All you need to do is press the button to send it.â
âAnd the goal is for the Reor to let loose of its protection of the kyoseil filaments so the needle pliers can extract them?â
âIt is. When I run the machineâwhen any of multiple humans run the machineâthe Reor just sits there giving us a raspberry.â
She chuckled at the imagery, glanced around, then unceremoniously reached out and pressed the signal button.
A screen above the enclosure magnified the image of one of the kyoseil filaments encased in the Reor. As they watched, the deep green mineral surrounding the fiber appeared to lose some of its solidity. The kyoseil filamentâ¦wiggled? Yes, it clearly wiggled, testing out the limits of its now more spacious suit of armor. One of the needle pliers maneuvered into place and reached out to grasp the tiny end of the filament that had been exposed by the ever-so-slightly melted mineral. It got a hold of it and pulled.
Nothing gave way.
âSend it again.â
Alex frowned but complied. The mineral surrounding the filament definitely softened further. The plier tugged, and the filament slid out a centimeter or so, then seemed to get stuck again.
She was about to send the signal a third time when the Reor surrounding the filament dissolved into an almost gelatinous state. The plier continued its work, and within a few seconds it had extracted a thirty-centimeter length of kyoseil.
âAm I missing all the fun?â
She spun around as Caleb crossed the lab to sidle up beside her. âUmâ¦.â She stared at him for a minute, followed by the Reor slab.
âWhat? Did I interrupt something?â
She and Kennedy exchanged a squirrelly look. âIs it you?â
âIs what me?â
âWe were trying to get the Reor to give up its kyoseil prize. For me, it appeared to be considering the possibility but hadnât committed yet. When you walked in, the Reor melted like butter.â
Caleb peered at the half-liquified Reor slab in the enclosure. âThat doesnât make any sense. I donât have anything to do with kyoseil.â
âYou were with me in the Oneiroi Nebula when the mega-Reor colony gave me my slab.â
âBut youâve used the slab plenty of times to read data when I wasnât anywhere nearby.â
âTrue.â She ignored the quiet pang of resentment that flared in the back of her mind. It
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