Periods of Pain

"Daniel? What just happened?!" Octavia asked in shock as she started to move again. "My internal clock says ten minutes have passed, but I don't remember what happened!"

"You froze up, I was trying to figure out what was wrong with you, but you seem fine now. I will have to look into it more once things on the ground are more settled," I lied, but I couldn't mention the Star Child's name out loud.

"Hmm, I see. My body is functioning normally, and I don't detect that anything was done to me," Octavia said, turning back to look at the screen below.

I didn't even have to look at that anymore. I could see all of the System users now, so I connected directly to Gaia.

'Can you hear me?' I asked, sending my thoughts to Gaia.