The Colonists (The Movement Trilogy) - Plot & Excerpts
Here she is known as Linset. Linset washes the dishes. The rims of the bowls are crusted with soot and grime. The handles of each utensil, smeary with grease. The coffee cups are patterned with black fingerprints. The sludge is not easy to remove, but Linset scrubs, holding the dishes firmly in her prosthetic hand. The motors inside her fingers tick and buzz. She can feel them, but the sounds aren't audible to anyone but her. Even she can't hear them. She can only sense their vibrations. Her fingers are like mechanical vises. In the mess hall outside she can hear the clogged throats and sinuses of the miners. They breathe like windows not firmly shut. Air wheezes in. Acrid air wheezes out. Their faces are thick with black dust. The dust clings to any new surface like glue. When they touch their faces, the dust leaps onto their fingers, leaving a dusky bare spot on their cheeks. The sound of the miners choking away makes Linset choke a little, too. She wonders: if she changes her name enough times, will she one day forget her given name.
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