FROZEN: The Woman on the Ridge

It was hard to walk. I had to really put a lot of effort into it, as if I were being drawn back towards the sphere. As if it had its own gravity. But eventually, I got far enough away from it to be able to walk more normally. And a few minutes after that, I had reached the ridge and the black-haired woman who stood there. "You're untouched," the woman said. "Untouched? What does that mean?" I asked. "Where have *you* been? Everyone knows what that means." "I've been ... uh ... hibernating," I said. She looked at me oddly, then said "My name is Kara." "Eric," I said. "Eric Robinson." She stared at me. "The man in the sleep pod?" "I think you mean cryo chamber ... wait a minute. You know who I am?"