”The Kraken’s engines howled in exertion. The lights of the ship, brightened, dimmed, brightened again. A hooked arm slashed through the beams of ...ight directed at its center and thudded against the glass of the viewport. A sickening sound of cracking glass echoed through the bridge as a large crack made an almost leisurely path across the clear expanse of the fused quartz.Then the lights went out. *Quinn had the harpoon gun loaded and locked down and aimed at the creature’s beaked maw when. Um, how do you know I travel all the time, and how in the world did you recognize me so fast?’ ‘I’m friends with your mom on Facebook. She posts pictures of you and your travels all the time. I would have friended you, but she said you don’t have it.’ ‘No. Never took the time. So, are you kind of a stalker now?’ I deadpanned. She swiped at me when she realized I was kidding. ‘You have to come meet my friends! They are dying to find out who the gorgeous man who bought us drinks is.’ I followed. 30 gante tak aa jaungi maine kaha thik hai maine kaha main bhi ghar aa raha hun thodi dher tak biwi boli kyun maine kaha ghar se kuch paise lene hai iss liye biwi boli ok maine biwi se pucha tum kitne baje ja rehe ho usne bola 1/2 ghante tak maine kaha bus main bhi 1/2 ghante tak hi ghar aa raha hun biwi boli thik hai,Main karib 40 mint mein ghar aa geya maine door bell bajai saas bahar ayi or mujhe dekh kar heran reh gayi main edar udar ki karne laga mujhe samaj nahi aa raha tha kya karun. .." Huh? How bad could it get?" I asked, not really understanding my own question.Jim looked out at the desert. "Well, Earth still exists. That's something..." What?!" I stared at him for a moment. "You're kidding, right?" No, not at all. Remember those shards you saw, when you burst through the Antelope Freeway channel?" The ones that chopped up the corn plants? Yeah, sure. So?"Jim frowned. "You would get the same reality contradictions with what Kyle and Brianna did. A ruptured slip-channel.