Skylar smiled.“How solid are you, Delia?”
“Um.Why?”
“Because one way to make sure your mother started a new life would be to reduce the old one.Changing the settings on the healing unit would do that nicely.”
Delia froze.“Fine.You’ve got me.She likes him.Really likes him.This was just a nudge.”
Chloe said, “You almost killed her.”
“Yes, but you helped her.So, it worked.Is working.I am dead, I am not in a great place for consequences.”
Skylar sighed.“That is...accurate.”
Delia bit her lip.“How long will she be in there?”
Geri asked, “Six or eight hours, why?”
“Because a ship just landed, and there is no alarm, so that means Birun is waiting for them.It narrows down the possibility.”
Geri frowned.“How did you know?”
Delia pointed out one of the large windows.“I can see them.”
Everyone turned and watched the three Zowoth walking across the snow.
Geri muttered, “Well, Margo is going to be pissed when she wakes up.”
Delia smiled.“It is her natural state.I am gonna go spy.Back in a few.”She disappeared.
Geri grinned.“Now that is handy.”
They waited for their spy to bring back news.
* * * *
The timer finished, and the chamber opened.Margo sat up and looked at her arms.She was now golden green, but her scars were still silver.Chloe was no joke.They were in her DNA now.Margo just had to figure out what else was in there.
“Margo.”The low voice made her jump.
“Aken-Var.Where are we?”
“Sanctuary Base.Birun was kind enough to invite me in so you and I could finally speak face to face.”
“Feel like yelling again?Go for it.”She moved slowly and got out of the repair unit, looking down at her naked self.“Huh.Freaky.”
She looked around and saw folded clothing on a table.Aken-Var just looked at her, his hands opening and closing.
She pulled the ship suit on and closed the front.“So, Aken-Var.Why are you here?”
He looked at her and said, “I came for you.”
“Yeah, I vividly remember that, but why are you here?”
His expression turned astonished, and then he smiled.“You glow to me.You glowed on Amtha, and you glow even brighter now.”
She blinked, and there was a white-hot glow around his head and body.“So, like a weird halo around me?Is it a common thing?”
“If a Zowoth is lucky, it is once in a lifetime.If not, they never meet their match.”
