Book 6. Chapter 29: Stranded
Theory that this was a portal: Correct.
Theory that we’d survive to the other end: Correct.
Theory that we’d land gracefully and with no complications: Uh, let's put that down as work in progress.
It spat us out into a blue and purple carpet of leaves, at least at first glance. As I was flying above, I spotted the occasional hints of brown bark showing up, meaning we were flying over a giant forest of trees. And the only ground I could spot was the single lake we passed over. All of that was blurring under both my captive Deathless and myself.
“Did we go through the portal?!” Drakonis yelled out, voice half picked up through the dead helmet. His hands were trying to claw blindly at it. There was absolutely a hint of panic, which didn’t bode well for me.
“Shut up, trying to think.” I said, while our chunk of glass was slowly rotating in the air. He probably couldn’t hear that, so mostly talking to myself there. "Cathida, options?"
“The armor could survive getting squashed under your current ride, but getting out from under all that weight might be a lot more complicated than we want it to be.” Cathida said, “Recommend you abandon ship.”
Up ahead I could see our prior abandoned ship had also made it through the portal and was still firing its thrusters, rocketing it forward far past where the glass chunks were currently carpet bombing the trees and local wildlife. It was going straight forward, soon to land on the one place that isn't covered in trees and wildlife. A smoking charred vale on a lower valley.
And talking about that, looks like this was our stop. I didn't have time to strap his armor to my own using the cable locks, so instead I tried to get a good grip on Drakonis and then took one giant leap off the chunk we rode in on.