Chapter 128
Our greatest glory is not in never falling,
But in rising every time we fall."
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—Confucius
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MIKHAIL
This isn't the first time I've had to spend time confined to a tight space. Usually it's during surveillance, when I'm shadowing a ship and have to keep the electronics quiet, without so much as the computer to keep me company. This is the first time, however, I've ever been confined to a brig.
Ninsianna's chest rises and falls in reassuring sameness. I should lie down next to her, but I'm afraid my restlessness will disturb her.
No. That's not correct. I'm restless because it feels like Ninsianna is not-her, that the real Ninsianna hides just outside the force field.
"Hello?" I call through the deadly red laser beams. "Is anybody there?"
Nobody answers me. I stare
