Running Start by J. A. Sutherland

Author:J. A. Sutherland [Sutherland, J. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Darkspace Press
Published: 2019-05-10T16:00:00+00:00

Twenty

It was, Rosa considered, one of the more embarrassing decisions she’d ever had to make.

After a lot of stretching, twisting, and failed attempts that left the last three fingers of her left hand bonded together with wound sealant, she was ready to give up and admit she’d need help. The gash from the broken bottle was simply in a place she couldn’t reach well enough to be able to apply the sealant and hold the gash closed properly.

Now she was almost out of the sealant and its release formula — with so little of the latter left that she was hesitating to use any on her fingers. She didn’t want to seal her wound with the skin pulled too tight and create a ridge in her skin — or leave a finger inside.

“Perhaps yoga would help, Miss Fuentes?” Seymour asked, then helpfully flashed a series of instructional videos across her vision.

“No, damn it, it won’t!”

“I meant for the next time, so that you might be more flexible.”

“Do you really think I’m going to crash a hoverbike and land on broken glass again?”

There was a pause.

“That probability is not calculable,” Seymour said, then, “but given your history and current circumstance, there may be a not insignificant chance you should prepare for.”

Now she needed help and she couldn’t decide if she should ask one of the stewards or the kid. The stewards might have some experience, but they also might ask too many questions. Or alert the flashies and divert back to land at the spaceport. She and the kid weren’t entirely safe yet and she didn’t want to take any chances.

“Hey, Diana?” she called.

“Yes, Miss Fuentes?”

“Could we maybe get some privacy back here?”

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