The writer gives life to a story, the reader keeps it alive.
From inside her bubble shield, Heyem looks on as more tattooed warriors are taken by Kyo-ashita, disappearing all around her, to appear moments later, some surrendering, some collapsing, others turning on the enemy, reinforcing the Kyo-ashita army, fighting the more brutal looking haernyara, those who can’t be saved.
Helga Ritter, outsmarted by three versions of Xan Medani, having escaped her laboratory, ran towards the bowels of the asylum, towards the Guard Tower, and the last remaining sanctuary, in the hope that she could hold onto her control of the ship.
Omorose turned as her past mother cried out to her from the safety of the bubble shield. Too late to see the tattooed man charge at her, she feels his weight hit her hard and she smashes against the deck, winded, but not unconscious.
