Chapter Twenty-Four
Jia focused on the path in front of her. She might not have driven a lot of six-legged buggies, but she’d practiced control of similar ground vehicles in the simulator. Her time on scout bikes had familiarized her with control of a true ground vehicle. After five minutes, she felt like she had a handle on the buggy.
It wasn’t like there were a lot of other people to avoid, but the rugged terrain presented its own challenges. She turned hard to avoid smashing into a tall outcropping, sending the vehicle wide.
Despite her simulator time, the low-gravity environment was troubling her. Her body and muscle memory had become accustomed either to Earth-like gravity or zero-G. Io’s in-between state was throwing her reflexes off.
It didn’t help that the ground was shaking, w
