Wen Lie deployed his rear parachute, and as his acceleration gradually decreased, he spun around in the air, righting himself so that his head was up and his feet were down.
The billowing parachute slowed his descent. Unbuckling his spacesuit, he fished a telescope out of the Spatial Bag tethered to the lining of his clothes and peered downward.
Though he could not distinguish where Elm Street was, he could easily sense where non-human presences lurked.
Chapter 52