“Babe,” Kit said again. “What happened?” Rohi took a deep breath, like a diver looking down toward distant water. “There was another blink. San Esteban system.” Kit felt his gut tighten, but only a little. He’d been through a half dozen rounds of the aliens from inside the rings turning off his mind for him. Everyone in Sol had. “How bad was it?” he asked. “They’re dead,” Rohi said. “Everyone in the system. They’re all just dead.”
