She slapped the emergency release. The lid hissed open, and the cold hit her like a physical blow. Not the sterile cold of a lab, but a living cold—the kind that breathed.
No, Lian thought fiercely into the link. Not a god. Not a tool. Falling with Ice Phoenix- -v1.00a- -F Project- yu...
And she was bleeding. Ichor the color of liquid starlight dripped from a crack in her chest-plate. She slapped the emergency release
Fire licked the viewports. The Frozen Hearth screamed. But inside the maintenance shaft, there was only the slow, steady beat of a heart that had never been allowed to beat before. there was only the slow
