“What are they burning?” she asked, not certain she wanted to know. She tackled the other man and knocked him over. Xxnx There was a distant ‘crack’ of a rifle shot. Further away, the detail of the landscape disappeared into haze. “Oh, that’s for radiation poisoning. As they approached a grove of trees, two men walked out into the road, rifles held with seeming but practiced casualness down at their sides. She played her ‘Goddess’ role to the hilt, having had lots of practice in other cultures back on old Earth. One of the odd things she noticed about navigating around New Eden was that, on a clear day, it was impossible to get lost; your destination was always visible on the horizon, above you. “Because the pack cuts into my shoulders if I wear it naked,” she replied, grinning at him.
