As they returned, Béla could see a dozen tiny flying figures darting in and out amongst the cargo pods floating beneath the great ship. The viewscreens were a panorama of greens, browns and whites in every direction – forward, up, down and sideways! XXX As a result of her nocturnal visits, she knew where a lot of the cargo was. Béla spent an exhausting hour and a half retrieving her first runaway pod just using her tether and her own wing power. The crew assigned to the project was so concerned with their princess’ continued safety as she flitted around and between the huge floating cargo pods, that their work effort was being hampered. Once away from the artificial gravity of the great ship, objects and people tended to continue traveling in the same direction at the same speed as they left
