Dark Space - Marianne de Pierres [133]
Rast/Secondo moaned and whimpered like an animal.
At some level Mira was aware that the mercenary had urinated, just as she knew that Rast was also drooling helplessly. She instructed her pelvis to tighten against the same impulse. She would not disgrace herself.
Exfoliation crest imminent, Insignia informed her unnecessarily.
For a time Mira/Primo’s organs seemed to be in a tug-o’-war with each other. But even at the height of her pain, she maintained focus on the individual scale that held the incendiary. When it peeled off and dropped to the ground, she rejoiced.
Prime, she ordered.
Very well, Insignia sighed.
The ship lifted in a burst of beach sand, shedding iridescent scales like large moulting fish leaping from a stream. Mira/Primo felt the rush of cooling altitude on her fins, followed by heat on her belly as the incendiary detonated below them.
The plume of fire peaked and receded like a flung wave, leaving them untouched and free.
Rast/Secondo’s thought came to her, weak but marvelling. ‘Well, fuck me, Fedor! I didn’t think you had it in you.’
Mira/Primo didn’t bother to send a thought back. For a singular and infinite moment she had found herself at home.
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JO-JO RASTEROVICH
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