Mase, always my anchor, caught me.

We crashed to the floor inside the door of the new room, Mase taking the brunt of the fall to his side. He grunted in pain as his hands splayed protectively around my back. Behind me, I expected a great crash from the BioWaves colliding, but there was only silence. I kicked the door closed, though that wouldn't keep them out for long if they were programmed to crash into our reunion. We'd better keep it short.

"Absidy?" ...