Sarah nodded one last time, then stepped up onto the panel again. The light changed, and she made her way out on the hard, cool surface without stumbling or falling. The roar of a distant crowd returned, the many eyes that seemed to bubble up from the solid matter of every object and surface around her. She ignored them both, closing her eyes tightly. “Is the Quarantine over?” she asked, in a language she hadn’t used yet. But it seemed like the same one that was printed around her, or she guessed it was. “Can we go to space?”