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Of A Darker Void (Asterion Noir #2; Amaranthe #12) QUOTES

Of A Darker Void (Asterion Noir #2; Amaranthe #12) QUOTES

1 " She’d never been on board a ship like this one. A real starship worthy of the name, where everything from the reinforced hull to the sophisticated instrumentation created a sense of presence, of consequentiality. When a vessel of this ilk cut a swath through the void, the void noticed.

But Nicolette Hinotori had once commanded a generation ship, which meant buried in Nika’s core operating system was knowledge about the operation of such vessels.

She stood in the center of the bridge, closed her eyes and asked herself a question. Results flooded her mind, and she hurriedly initiated a sort-and-prioritize algorithm to impose order on them.

Then she gazed around the bridge with new eyes. "

― G.S. Jennsen , Of A Darker Void (Asterion Noir #2; Amaranthe #12)

2 " Her teeth clattered together like banging cymbals. Her fingernails glowed white, and her heart stuttered over two beats. “Input. It. Now.”

“Done!”

Let go, Nika. All you have to do is let go. She focused on her fingers, which seemed to be glued to the conduit, and directed every conscious process to willing them apart millimeter by—

—she flew backward across the room and slammed into what remained of a wall. "

― G.S. Jennsen , Of A Darker Void (Asterion Noir #2; Amaranthe #12)

3 " The truth is, we’ve had a fairly uneventful stay in the Gennisi galaxy. We staked our claim to our little corner of it and settled in, happy to be left alone to live how we chose.

“But this doesn’t mean there aren’t grave threats out in the cosmos—more terrifying than our imaginations can conjure—or remarkable wonders beyond our capacity to envision. It shouldn’t be a surprise that when we finally went looking, we discovered one of them.”

Nika nodded thoughtfully and shut off the map. “Well, I guess it’s time for us to go find out which one. "

― G.S. Jennsen , Of A Darker Void (Asterion Noir #2; Amaranthe #12)