Various scenes from his life played through his dreams like a demented movie. Shattered into broken sequences and played back in no particular order. All hazed and mixed with the splatter of blood - so vivid that he could taste it in his mouth. Smell it in his nose. Feel it on his skin. The beat of his own heart roared loudly, providing a ( Read more... )

You could say whatever you like about the rest of the technology on Senburu-Trati'salan, the medical facilities were as up to par as anything the Major could have wished. The decor, as elsewhere on the station, belied the sophistication; the walls in this part of it might have raw welding scars on them, and the floor might be steel with rubber ( Read more... )

The small, unhealthy-looking girl shuffling through the halls on trips to and from the cafeteria and medbay-a few times per day, in fact-stands out for more than just her age... there's the way she eats enough for three people on each of her trips, all without seeming to gain any weight; and her odd, particularly slow-shuffling walk; and her ( Read more... )

Summary: Events on planet have caused Sah'ot to revert to a more primitive state of mind ( Read more... )