Sobbing

How could a spaceship in the void of the universe quake so viciously? It must have hit something in the middle of the space warp...

Only seconds later, Shaw debunked this theory in his mind.

It was an illogical assumption in the first place. After all, this was not any ordinary vehicle but a spaceship coursing at extraordinary speed. Any collision would have torn it into pieces. How could he still be sitting here in one piece?

If the spaceship had not collided into anything, could it have been obstructed by something else?

While Shaw was rummaging his mind for an explanation, he suddenly heard a muffled, soft whimper.

It sounded distant. It seemed to travel to his room from the furthest end of the corridor outside. It was a hoarse sound and he could not make out the gender of the person.

Shaw frowned.