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Good morning, Bohr.”
    He wrinkled his nose. “Do I smell smoke?”
    She sighed. “Yes, I had a dream and my bed caught fire.”
    He gulped down the tea and poured more. “What was your dream about?”
    She rubbed her temple. “There was fire, music, a green meadow and a house made of stone and glass. It was quite a pretty house.”
    He perked up. “Did you like it?”
    “I didn’t get to really see it. A Drai rose from behind the house and I watched him land. I was going to touch him but that is when my sheets caught fire.” She wrinkled her nose.
    “I think the music in my head must have mixed with the research vids that Kedna showed me.”
    He nodded as if that was likely. “What did you do with the bedding?”
    “I jammed the charred bits into the recycler. They weren’t good for anything else.”
    He inclined his head. “Of course.”
    Bohr moved to the dispenser and he summoned two breakfasts.
    “Did you sleep all right? Your hair looks a little festive.” She bit her lip.
    He ran his hands through his hair while he waited. “It was a little rough. I must have caught the scent of the fire.”
    She nodded. “It does tend to travel.”
    The light in the galley changed, and she smiled. “I want to see the dawn.”
    He looked like he wanted to argue, but he sat instead and started on his breakfast.
    She scampered up the ladder to the upper hatch, and she opened it, climbing out and standing on the ship. Light crept over her skin, and she raised her arms high to welcome the sun.
    On the tarmac around the ship, her guards turned to watch her, but she simply welcomed the sun for two minutes, and then, she returned to the interior of the ship.
    With the hatch sealed above her, she worked her way down the ladder and back to the galley. Bohr had his first tray empty, so she picked it up and put it away.
    “Oh, sorry about the drunk talk last night. I will try and reel it in tonight.”
    He smiled. “I didn’t mind it. At least now I know you have a weakness.”
    She made a face and sat back in her chair. “It is only when I am in a lens-type situation. My power hits the rock but not all of it is absorbed, so I take it in and bounce it out again and again. You get the idea.”
    “So the moment you strike the air…”
    “There is a flash as I burn the air for a moment, but then, it is gone. I shut off.”
    He picked up his tray and disposed of it. “How far do you think you can get today?”
    “I don’t know. It depends on the makeup of the stone. Different minerals burn at different temperatures.”
    Bohr inclined his head. “Well, ready when you are. I will stop you for water at lunch and you will have some ration packs. I do not care that you don’t need the food. You will have it.”
    Leyhara got to her feet. “Let’s go.”
    He escorted her to the site; they landed the skimmer in the mountains with a bit of effort.
    “Why the wobble?”
    “The mountains have a magnetic element. They interfere with navigation. The deeper you go, the larger the discrepancy. It is why they crafted the compass. It compensates for the pull.”
    She nodded and clutched at his arm as they landed with a thud. She found the hole in the stone and lined herself up again. “Here we go.”
    “I will be waiting on the other side. This is a long one. Take your time.” Bohr nodded and he backed the huge lizards up.
    They might be intelligent and articulate beings, but to Leyhara, she just saw lizards.
    Facing the stone, she fired up the air around her and stepped forward, finding the upper edge of the target zone, and she began her second day on another alien world.
     
    She stumbled out of the tunnel and into the flare of her fire; she batted it away and sat down on the ground.
    Bohr was waiting for her. She smiled brightly.
    “Hello!”
    He chuckled and rolled his eyes. “I brought you some water. Iskan says it will calm you down.”
    She reached out with both hands and flexed her fingers like a child.