“Oh. Sure. I can tell you stuff.” “You have to go really fast? Right? Like a million miles an hour.” Ji’haeh got out the tablet. Alice was used to this. They tended to really like their numbers. “Oh hell no. A bu-lli-on-miles-an-hour is far too slow. We have lives, you know. I don’t want my… Continue reading

[The silent listening concert] Alice withdrew… the  earbud. It was safer to think of it as “an earbud” than assign  everything the name of “probe”. And she looked around. She knew  nobody here outside this morning’s encounters, and most not even by  that. Which meant, make more friends, right? Socialize? But besides  Kohalji & Niren… Continue reading

“Welcome to my office,” – Ji’esala was a little frustrated that she  didn’t know why Grerbe’s memo had asked for a meeting there, but the  appearance of their current human subject narrowed down the options –  “not that I’m here too often.” The room’s decorations looked very  much ripped from an episode of star trek,… Continue reading

Ken’di was the only one that actually knew how to properly handle her  load – as sleep pod transport had been her job once. Then again, Bridit  and Baedar were not the most coordinated pair, lugging their pot along. At least they didn’t chatter. No room for worry. Just get Alice to the Doctor.The  winding… Continue reading

Alice’s second tour of the ship, with Dokon, had gotten her a lot  more considered looks – but not many more acquaintances. And certainly  nothing that looked like an office full of programmers. So it was  odd, though not completely unexpected, that She and Ken’di made the  short trip to the inner ring. The atmosphere… Continue reading

Usually, the halls of the ship were brightly lit. Now they were dim,  as if night had finally come to the station. People were staying home…  or, the goo aliens were only out of their apartments as much as their  shifts required. Asteroid mining operations had been temporarily  suspended – not that Alice knew any… Continue reading