... A hand moved ... Young Bailey fell. It was a terrible sensation, falling. Bailey was not sure how long he had been falling. There was no one near him. They had been scattered like seeds from a burst pod when the meteor hulled the ship. Bailey was falling through the dark alone; he had been falling endlessly. ... Those with him now were all palefaced with fear ... The voice of Krotzer was still in the headphones: "... closing in on me, I can't describe them, you've got to get here...." Krotze