Chapter Nine
February 28, 2231, Neo Southern California Metroplex, Apartment of Erik Blackwell
Jia yawned and stretched her arms above her. She sat beside Erik on the couch. “We should go to a game soon.”
“Yeah. It’s been a while.” Erik nodded. “We’ve done more day trips these last few months, but there’s nothing wrong with seeing a good sphere ball game in person. Though lately, we haven’t been doing much of either.”
“Too much worrying about the next call from Alina.” Jia laid her head on Erik’s shoulder. “Because we know we’re winning. All those speeches about relaxing, and we’re both letting ourselves get more spun up on each mission.”
Alina had been rather blasé during their debriefing for the Iceland mission. She hadn’t seemed surprised by the heavy Core-on-Core violence. In fact
