As Streckna hit...

As Streckna hit the surface of the moon, the percussive impact drove more air into the moon. This occurred while Centra was just getting herself wriggled out through the surface. It wasn't much but the extra force of air inside the moon popped Centra out like a cork. She hadn't been ready for this and lost her grip on the moon and began to free fall again.

Streckna found herself inside the moon, turned and could see where Centra had been and could also see the hole "self-healing" like these moons tend to do. Streckna glided around the interior of the moon. It was more an instinctual flight, as if she was making sure the vorion hadn't damaged anything in this moon, to be sure future eggs wouldn't be damaged.

Centra cursed at herself as she fell. She looked about. The little moon was very close to a very large vorion moon passing by. Centra began to swim her arms and legs to try and head toward that moon. She didn't like the idea of a hard impact but she also didn't want to be in freefall again. She wanted to get her bearings and figure out how to get back on track to her destination.

Another moon was also crossing her path. She wondered if she might use the slip stream technique that had blown her up near the one moon she hadn't been able to catch hold of when Patia and Centra started this adventure.

She kept "swimming" toward the first large passing moon.