Backflow Boxed Set by F. P. Adriani

Author:F. P. Adriani [Adriani, F. P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2019-07-14T22:00:00+00:00

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Their idea was: Geena would come back onto the Demeter—and I would accept Jim’s being on here as a part of my crew—or at least that it would be Jim was my idea. Kostas had offered the company of a worker, but given that Geena knew Jim, I figured she might have more insight into him as a human, which might give us more insight to him as a link to The Keepers, too.

I said all of this to Geena; Kostas had done her dimensional-transporting trick and had instantly transported Geena and Jim into the hall outside my bridge. But, at the moment, Jim was down below, taking a look at the cargo-bay damage.

Geena was standing beside me now; Chen was in his seat, doing a little work on his panel with his good arm; May was beside him in the navigator’s seat; Gary had taken a bathroom break—and I was sitting back in my captain’s chair, trying to catch my breath.

Geena stared down at me. “Lydia, I wanted to say thanks—and that I’m really sorry for everything. I feel terrible that I made you feel bad, like I ruined our working relationship. But thank you so much for accepting me back.”

I looked up at her. “Aren’t you sorry to be back?”

Her face flushed. “No! Of course not.”

“But, Geena, you said you wanted to be a Rintu worker.”

“Well, Jim told me I might be able to train for that on here.”

I was frowning now as my eyes shifted to the viewscreen again, where I could see the dark silhouette of the Rintu city-ship behind the Demeter’s aft nozzles. The Keepers had finished the work on repairing my ship, but, apparently, they had no intention of leaving just yet.

“Here’s what’s really worrying me now,” I said. “Claudius apparently had information on the stone, and now he has information on his visit here, too.” I had really said this bit to Geena, Chen and May, but before they could reply, Kostas did.

“There is no need to worry: when we took over your computers that first day and when we entered Claudius’ ship before, we removed all pertinent information about the stone and your experience in the well from both of your ships’ records. And we will remove everything from since then before we depart now. You and he could talk to people about your experiences all you want, but there will be no useful, detailed physical information that can be confirmed by anyone, including by you.”

I was doing that bottom-lip-dangling-in-shock thing again. I felt both burned and used. I wanted to spit and rage at Kostas…but I had seen first-hand the ramifications of the wells and the many contraptions in The Hall Of Devices. I had seen another dimension with species living in harmony who deserved to be left alone and inaccessible to those they didn’t want there.

And now I also saw how the myths and bits of info about the stones and wells had probably come about in human science: it must have happened long ago.

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