Chapter 6
The empty Porthiant Station lab waiting room was as drab and clinical as all the facilities Seetha had visited, on Earth, in space, or on distant ConSpace planets.
Blinding white walls, uncomfortable plastic chairs, cold green tile that amplified every noise and footstep. Not that there was much noise on a deserted platform.
Seetha jumped at a heavy click, looking up to see the cyborg tech who’d taken the sample peek out the miniature airlock. With all her gear and enhancements attached, she looked eerily like one of the old Earth insects that destroyed so many crops long ago.
The tech’s eyepieces glowed blue, but her expression never changed. Metal screens covered her ears and nose, with a larger one meant for her mouth dangling below her chin. The hand Seetha could see was
