Strider hadn't paid full attention to Pinocchio's comment that "We seem to have fallen entirely out of the Universe" because it had appeared to make no sense at the time. Now it was beginning to feel like the only possible answer.But of course she couldn't tell her personnel that. As far as they were concerned, this was to be treated as a temporary interruption to the usual service. She recorded a loop-chip, so that every now and then her seemingly unperturbed voice boomed out through the hull, remarking that there had been, you know, this little slip-up, but no one was to panic or anything.Then Strider began to feel physical sensations.A glance at Leander and Nelson was enough to tell her that they were feeling the same.This was something that couldn't be hidden from the personnel.At first it was the feeling of being stretched, somehow, from head to foot. She flipped herself around, but it didn't make any difference. The tugging—irritating rather than painful—still seemed to run along the length of her body.She wondered if she might throw up.
