Sentinel Side-Story: Best Forgotten
"too late for you, i'm afraid," he muttered as he jammed a security spike into the hatch's control panel, the aperture sparking violently as it unsealed the room.
Vengeance On A Sliding Scale
The aperture's weathered frame left paint flecks across drake's crimson muscle-shirt and spotted fur. inebriation dulled the pain as he forced his broad shoulders and chest into the dimly-lit gloom.
Curiouser...
The abyssinian had found the closest thing to proof the crew possessed: something that _might_ have been a hyperspace aperture being generated, or _might_ have been an artifact of the arriving cruisers.
The Lion
The aperture's closed." her ears, uncharacteristically, splayed. "but_i'm_ not... you know..." "i don't think so. i think you're just a maverick. you don't have the excuse i do. but you never needed it, either.
Children of the Earth and Sky 8 - The Dreams They Felt
"a most grievous aperture upon my form, yes." "and...you were never that grey before...hoh." he looked up with bitter eyes. "you are his spirit."
Cortege
And right at the aperture where one gallery room met the next, he turned back to the statues.