"Yep," the Doctor agreed with a nod. "Half the size of Earth but---if my guess is right---about as hungry as all of the people on it combined."
The darkness rippled, but any sound made was lost in the vacuum of space. The Doctor swallowed, but his voice went a little squeaky with worry as he spoke again.
"Space walls, they're called, but they're living entities out in the vastness of space, usually around uninhabited systems. They basically sit like fly paper on a path and wait for ships to fly on through." He bit his lip. "They even admit their own gravitational pull, that's probably what's propelling the ship after all that damage. The black color is a digestive sludge. Provides a perfect camouflage. Well, almost perfect. Would be perfect if we weren't in such a starry sector."
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Date: 2009-09-16 05:53 pm (UTC)The darkness rippled, but any sound made was lost in the vacuum of space. The Doctor swallowed, but his voice went a little squeaky with worry as he spoke again.
"Space walls, they're called, but they're living entities out in the vastness of space, usually around uninhabited systems. They basically sit like fly paper on a path and wait for ships to fly on through." He bit his lip. "They even admit their own gravitational pull, that's probably what's propelling the ship after all that damage. The black color is a digestive sludge. Provides a perfect camouflage. Well, almost perfect. Would be perfect if we weren't in such a starry sector."