5. EbShe was overriding the access controls of Ondo's EVA suit, getting him out so she could examine him properly, when Surtr arrived on the cartography deck. The Dragon's doorways were far too small for the Aetheral, the ship designed on a more human scale, and it had to crawl through the entrance on all fours. It looked more than ever like some predator coming for her, a robotic beast, its snouted head thrust forwards as it raced towards her.
But its words in her mind were as gentle as ever. “What happened to Ondo?”
“The bug incursion,” said Selene. “It struck him before you shut it down. Used the projectors to focus a crude beam-weapon strike into his eyes.”
Surtr considered Ondo, tilting its head to try and understand what it was seeing. “Do you believe it inflicted damage on his br
