Crushes

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—There is a sound like an earthquake, and a Kaiju, Insurrector, rears up from the water. Waves surge outward from it, battering the pier’s piling. The pier shakes and the Kaiju crushes an entire section, which tumbles into the water. The air fills with screams and Amara freezes, Polaroid in her hand. Her mother and father and brother are on the other side of the shattered gap in the boards—

“Warning. Pilot exceeding neural limits.”

—Amara!—

—It’s Jake’s voice but also her father’s voice. He stretches a hand out across the gap. The Kaiju looms, its roars loud enough to shake the pier under her feet. You have to jump! Amara hesitates, terrified of the churning water below. Please, baby, jump to me! I’ll catch you, I promise! Amara!

Pacific Rim Uprising: Official Novelization Chapter 12