Welcome to stories from Among the Stars. You're listening to The Last Watch by J.S. Dewas.

Chapter 36 Atticwin could do nothing nothing and it drove her fucking mad.

She'd helped offload the supplies along with Griffith and Puck, then gone into detail with

Jackin about the Divide's position, checking the

Atlas to determine its approximate location and speed. They had an hour, maybe

less, but they couldn't be sure. The Atlas appeared to be updating, but they didn't

know the severity of the delay. But as they'd flown the SGL back toward the enormous

structure, Adequin had seen the telltale static

sparks flashing as the various debris stray gases and random star dust that lay

outward were extinguished from existence.

So she knew it was close, and growing closer every minute.

Once they were inside, she could only stand there as Kavalon and Mesa fluttered around within the enormous bronze sphere,

apparently an extremely powerful fusion reactor and watch.

Wait for them to figure it out.

Try to interpret their rushed requests if they called out for things.

But mostly it had been a two-person operation and she could do little but stand

back and wait to be summoned.

After a time, she'd taken up post outside the door to the curved corridor and deemed herself responsible

for running interference between Doppel gangers and the real Mesa and Cavalon.

It had been a bit of a time ripple nightmare, exacerbated by the fact that approximately

every three seconds, Mesa or Cavillon changed their mind about something.

That sent their duplicates into rippling, confused choruses of possibilities, and they were not quiet about it.

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