Threats

Khan remembered the event as if it were yesterday. He recalled that moment of peace after the deadly sunlight, the bloody efforts to survive, and the many deaths. He couldn't forget that well-deserved break from Nitis' catastrophe and what it meant for his feelings and life.

The flat dome at the bottom of the circular gorge replaced the scene in Khan's vision. He relived his first real interaction with the Niqols' technology and his meeting with Liiza's Great-grandmother. Her glowing scarlet eyes were still vivid in his memory, as was the presence she generated.

Liiza's Great-grandmother's aura was denser than the evolved soldier's. She had also filled an entire gorge with it, and something told Khan that the white woman couldn't accomplish a similar feat.