In response, Ravenna reared up on her hind legs and then lunged forward, smacking the right side of her face full-on against one of the protruding lumps in the wall, about a meter from the buggy light. The black material lit up with a circuit grid pattern, radiating out from the spot where the Koolie's cheek pressed against what Pit now realized was a sensor.

She flashed her teeth at him in a feral grin, and he felt his lips curl to return the wry snarl. "Interfacing is easy," ...