Qralloq says:
"Remember when that tracking device said the Assassin's Heart was 900,000 kilometers away? I don't even know how that is possible, is the world that big? Have we left Earth, Vult, do we know for sure?"
You see Vult start scratching on a piece of paper, numbers and arcs and lines and triangles and .... you head starts to spin.
Qralloq says:
Khoren walks over to the food dispensers and looks for the pitcher of dark fluid.
I wonder what they were drinking? You find a picture menu on the screen and start scrolling through it. You find two items that look like the dark liquid you saw and ask for a glass of each. The machine beeps and produces both in glasses on a tray. Picking up the first one, it is hot and steaming. It has a fragrant aroma, smelling of something roasted ... but you cannot put your finger on it. The smell is good and you put the cup to your lips and take a sip. It is hot, but what strikes you is it is very bitter. You spit it out asking how anyone can drink stuff like that. You put the cup down and pick up the second. It is cold and has chucks of ice in it. The chunks are all uniform and float freely. Looking closer, the liquid seems to boiling slightly and bubbles rises up, still it cold. "Odd", you think. You lift the glass to your mouth and the bubbling fizz tickles your nose. You take a sip and the cold, the bubbles and the ice cannot hide the fact that this drink is sweet. It reminds you of a drink your mother gave you as a child made from a bean that grew locally. She sweetened it with the juice from another tree and this is like that, only sweeter and bubbly. You take another drink. It is almost too sweet, but better than that bitter concoction. You drink the rest.
Qralloq says:
He then goes to the door that the apparitions fled through and gazes about.
The hall on the other side is dark. As you approach, the panel on the left of the door lights up. The panel on the right remains dark. Peering through the window, you press your hands against the door, cupping them and hoping to shield the light from getting in. The window is cold, but you hold your place, waiting for your eyes to adjust.
As your eyes do adjust, you see a hallway on the right about 20 feet down from the door. You concentrate more there appears to be shadows moving very slowly in the distance, maybe 50-60 feet away. They are barely illuminated by the light bleeding from the window.