On the fringes of order, the composition and operational laws of information present a state that is bizarre and varied—Duncan thought hard for half a day and decided to give up thinking.
The good news right now is that Lei Nora wasn't flung out by the Homeloss, nor was she crushed under the ship's hull—the bad news is that she was struck "into" the ship, and at this time, she was still in a daze.
This reminded Duncan of a famous painting of the world:
Dog that got hit by a car and ended up embedded into the bumper and taken onto the highway.jpg.
Duncan coughed twice and tossed the slightly out-of-tune association in his mind to the side. He and Alice took two steps forward, with an apologetic and concerned expression on his face: "Sorry, I wasn't careful when steering the ship… Are you alright?"
