Chương 15: Chapter 15: The Command Center.

Chapter 15: The Command Center.

It took Murry longer than he expected to understand the tiny green Nebos’s directions. By the time he reached his first left, Murry was so buoyed by his success in figuring out Petey that he almost forgot how scary it was to be in the halls of an alien ship.

That changed quickly.

As Murry followed Petey’s sliding from one palm to the other, he found the halls of the ship empty and foreboding like he entered a horror film. His shoulders tensed, waiting for the killer to pop out at any moment. The areas were all draped in other silks, satins, and even wool-looking piles. The coverings blocked doors, and before long, he was hopelessly lost. Left and then right, Murry trotted. As he came to a broader walkway, he got the feeling he was crossing onto someone else’s fabrics.