Through the tether came a sense of apology - but also distraction. No words were forthcoming.

The Star Gazer sent reassurance, as well. All will be well.

She just had, well, things to process - especially as she switched from looking up approximate terms for difficulties encountered in the void, and started looking at the latest news releases concerning void travel. Hopefully she'd know enough of what was going on to figure out how to explain it to Konoka by the time this trip was over.

There would still come other squeezes, at seemingly random moments as Konoka moved from shop to shop (albeit with the warning as promised), but none would be quite as severe in intensity.