The dry, hardy grass that seemed to clump up everywhere notwithstanding, there was no sign of life in the broad valley they found themselves in. They left their pods down in the dip and set off along the shortest axis, up the side of one of the hills that surrounded them. Luna looked back down at the escape pods, twinkling silver in the light. That was the last she’d see of the life she knew for a long while. She could feel it, even then.

Chapter Four