Aimee led Kendra and the children between the mechs, irregularly shaped metal monsters lurking in the darkness of the cavern, and down to the fire that was burning merrily; as large as the blaze was, it seemed like nothing so much as a tiny candle compared to the immensity of the space. Twenty or so people, mainly men, were sitting or standing around a fire. They all had the same slightly dirty, weathered look to them, mostly lean and muscular with a few exceptions, and many of them with inter. . .

Aimee led Kendra and the children between the mechs, irregularly shaped metal monsters lurking in the darkness of the cavern, and down to the fire that was burning merrily; as large as the blaze was, it seemed like nothing so much as a tiny candle compared to the immensity of the space. Twenty or so people, mainly men, were sitting or standing around a fire. They all had the same slightly dirty, weathered look to them, mostly lean and muscular with a few exceptions, and many of them with inter. . .