Chapter 7: Variables Summary

Nita assembles the things she will need to follow Dairine. She has no idea how long she'll be gone, but says goodbye to her parents and after three more words she is gone. Dairine leaves the Milky Way the first chance she gets. The computer works while Dairine tries to recuperate from her bathroom escape. A tree nearby uproots itself and walks toward her. She tells the computer to run another routine, and leaves quickly. Still the BEM's follow. The computer advises stealth and Dairine agrees eagerly. The next jump takes her to the middle of a city populated with a form of humanoids with many legs. She leaves, jumping again and again, seeing each destination only briefly and staying longer than a few seconds only once to give the computer a chance to finish. Then she grits her teeth and...