Chapter 34 - Chapter 17.1: The promise I had made to myselfÔÇöto never abandon my beloved homeÔÇöproved as fragile as the glass cup

#1 - Chapter 1.1: In the belly of that forsaken alley, there I lay... 964 #2 - Chapter 1.2: Sarah's three childrenSam, aged eight, Joe, twelve, and Anne, tenlay in their beds... 824 #3 - Chapter 1.3: Alan placed the letter back on the desk... 1264 #4 - Chapter 2.1: "Sitting on the edge of the stool in the laboratory..". 1435 #5 - Chapter 2.2: I padded softly to his side, instinct guiding my steps.... 1294 #6 - Chapter 3: Jimmy, an elderly steward on NOAH 1, often regaled the younger crew during dinner with tales... 1524 #7 - Chapter 4.1: Slowly, I woke up to the light of the morning... 1168 #8 - Chapter 4.2: After wriggling out of a child's grasp, I found myself drawn toward the bustling kitchen... 1294 #9 - Chapter 5.1: The waters, thankfully, were calm today... 1280 #10 - Chapter 5.2: Get out of here! the Blowfish Man snarled 1285 #11 - Chapter 5.3: Amidst the crowd gathered outside, I noticed a peculiar non-human creature. 745 #12 - Chapter 6.1: I was a kitten, just a few months old but something in me had already started to change. 1045 #13 - Chapter 6.2: I followed Lee into a narrow alleyway... 1035 #14 - Chapter 6.3: Nobody knew where the stranger came from or how he ended up in Floating City... 1242 #15 - Chapter 7.1: The red threads had ensnared my paws... 1194 #16 - Chapter 7.2: Our hero stepped into the light 1479 #17 - Chapter 8: The shack where Tinker was quarantined was built from corrugated metal sheets 1528 #18 - Chapter 9.1: I had at last arrived at my destination... 1864 #19 - Chapter 9.2: Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, at least not at first glance 1263 #20 - Chapter 10.1: The moment my ears picked up the faint creak of the door 1665 #21 - Chapter 10.2: Page is it safe? Ziggys voice came in a half-whisper 1718 #22 - Chapter 11.1: I felt myself suddenly lifted off the floor 1431 #23 - Chapter 11.2: I jumped down from the table 1545 #24 - Chapter 12.1: I was soaring high above the world. 1972 #25 - Chapter 12.2: Lee rushed to the body, his nose grazing the fur. 1212 #26 - Chapter 13.1: Rats? Id only ever thought of them as vermin 1159 #27 - Chapter 13.2: I became smoke 1544 #28 - Chapter 14.1: On one of his scavenging journeys, Louis Kelping... 1798 #29 - Chapter 14.2: I looked frantically at Alan and Gunther 846 #30 - Chapter 15.1: When I was found in the alley, I couldnt make out who had lifted me from the trash heap 1162 #31 - Chapter 15.2: Dr. Starkey waved her broom in sweeping arcs, trying to shoo Flynn out the door 1424 #32 - Chapter 16.1: I was back on NOAH 1 1204 #33 - Chapter 16.2: By the second night, sleep escaped me entirely. 2095 #34 - Chapter 17.1: The promise I had made to myselfto never abandon my beloved homeproved as fragile as the glass cup 1485 #35 - Chapter 17.2: But the force we faced was unlike the storm in every possible way. 1021 #36 - Chapter 18.1: Alan stepped back from the door, her eyes searching its surface and the surrounding walls 1045 #37 - Chapter 18.2: The ceiling panels shimmered, a rippling effect spreading across them 1295 #38 - Chapter 19.1: One of my most important duties aboard NOAH 1 was making sure the humans woke up on time for their duties. 440 #39 - Chapter 19.2: I circled Louis, sprawled face down on the floor... 2926 #40 - Chapter 20.1: he watchman up on the crows nest was always the first to spot a scavengers boat on the horizon. 1333 #41 - Chapter 20.2: With my belly full and satisfied, I padded softly down the corridor, my paws carrying me toward the Kelping familys suite. 796 #42 - Chapter 21.1: Rumors of deep-sea humanoids... 859 #43 - Chapter 21.2: Absurd! Unbelievable! Outrageous! 1647 #44 - Chapter 22.1: We were up before dawn, Louis began. 1133 #45 - Chapter 22.2: The Hearing Hall exploded into a flurry of gasps and whispered exchanges; the rats too were shocked. 1611 #46 - Chapter 23: I couldnt stand looking at Louis anymore 2078 #47 - Chapter 24: Prepare for our arrival. 2621 #48 - Chapter 25.1: The sea wind lashed at my face, its cold breath biting at my whiskers 1438 #49 - Chapter 25.2: I soared through the air, weightless, until the ground rose up to meet me. 1573 #50 - Chapter 26: They were on their way to Little Eden. 2089