Both Dallas and Athenais looked up. “Take a look at this.” Tommy dropped a memchip into the console in front of Dallas. “I can’t make heads or tails of it. The whole planet’s water.” Dallas cast Athenais a smug look before examining the file. The sphere rotating on the screen in front of her was blue and white, with several megastorms roving across the surface. “That doesn’t look like a very happy place,” Dallas observed. “Are they living underwater?” “They’re living on islands,” Tommy replied. “Each one walled like a fortress. Forty-two stories high.” Island after island popped onto the screen, displaying the same huge towering walls, even on the tiniest specks of land. “For the storms?” Dallas asked. “That would be my guess, though I think they’re living in the walls. See those windows?” Dallas nodded. “So where’s the capital?” Athenais interrupted. “Juno will be at the capital.” “That’s the problem, Captain,”
