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“Cryptic,” ni muttered. “Hidden…” Ni prodded the chamber. “Taliya, what is beneath this floor?”
“A crawlspace – access to the power circuits and such, why?”
“Have you ever been in there?”
She laughed. “The ship still works, doesn’t it?” She stared at ni. “You think there is something down there?”
Ayess nodded. “And it may be something that someone wants very badly.”
The met each others’ gaze for a long moment. “Let’s find out,” Taliya said.
Ayess’ race does not have words for he/she/his/hers, etc, because they are (for lack of a better term) hermaphroditic. Their pronouns to refer to other members of their race are “ni” (for he/she/him/her), “ni-es” (his/hers), “ni-en” (they/them) and “ni-en-es” for theirs.
Novel Notes 
We’re getting closer to finding out what behind this mystery (or are we?) ‼️♡
Very intriguing… is there more in that crawlspace than wiring….?
So what’s behind door number one? Hmm. This is interesting.
This is getting more intriguing. Hopefully we’ll find out that was causing the anomaly.
Ooh, closer and closer to solving the mystery. I wonder what’s down there.
Ooo, exciting!
Uh-oh! This could be good — or bad… Can’t wait to find out. :)
Can’t wait to see if Ayess is right
You left me intrigued by the surprise now
Ooh, I wonder what’s in there!
Yessssss!!!! Mystery! What is DOWN there!!!!????
Dun-dun-dun! This could go wrong in so many ways….
Now I need to know too!