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Marlene hardly made a sound as gravity ramped up in their sections, the suit’s systems quickly compensated for the extra gravity by pressurizing the membrane under the armored suit to offset gravity’s pull, and the suit’s systems diverted power to the legs, allowing her to maintain her walk rather effortlessly.

Snapping to attention, Marlene narrowed her eyes and honed in the suit’s systems to the faint orange blob moving through the superstructure of the ship, with no life support, no regulation of temperature, a human lifesign would be relatively easy to discern amid the background radiation of the cold, lifeless ship. But, given the sheer size, Marlene knew the location of the orange blob would be impossible to discern precisely enough to trust it, so she closed her eyes and let her mind’s eye wander to several possible futures.

Her mind sent several mental commands, and her suit’s blink packs activated, Marlene took a gamble and made a long blink towards Rei, positioning herself just beyond the next hatch.

If Marlene managed to find the right compartment, the moment the hatch opened and Rei came through, Marlene would call out.

“Peek-a-boo motherfucker!”

She would stretch out and attempt to grab the other’s head, and shove it into the wall to knock her out.

If Marlene chose the wrong compartment, the chase would continue.