Pippi was vaguely aware of the silver cylinder that surrounded her. Her eyes were open but it was very difficult to focus on what she was actually seeing. The buzzing noise filled her ears while strange thoughts and images filled her mind. It was mostly technical and unfamiliar, except for the bit about navigating by the stars. That part at ( Read more... )

After being relieved from her post on watch Pippi crawled into the little foliage covered hole that she'd dug for herself between the roots of a great tree ( Read more... )