Juli came running after Kale in the hallway. "Where is he going? Emil said we were leaving."
"He'll be back in time," Mirah said. "Let's get you strapped into a harness-things are about to get rough." She calmed Juli, who looked like her viral illness had still not abated. Heat radiated from her skin. She had left her in bed while they went to the meeting, but she probably wouldn't be able to go back to sleep now.
She strapped the girl into a flight chair and checked her temperature again.
"I'll be right back. You need something to bring your fever down again."
The whining sound of approaching pods flooded the busy hangar as people boarded several large transport ships. They were large enough together to accommodate nearly the entire population of the province. Not even a third of that number had made it to the hangar. The people scrambled for the transport loading ramps as the pods came through the numerous rail car tunnels. The pod fighters immediately rained down a firestorm on the transport ships and those trying to board them.