Human After All
“V.
AFTER several seconds of uneventful flight, Jaymes was starting to relax, but his relief was short-lived. A sexless, disembodied voice emerged from the Veetle’s speakers, apologized, and requested the verification code of their travel path.
“Ignore it,” Drue said. “Go high.”
Jaymes adjusted the pitch of the stabilizers and applied power. As the Veetle rose, the voice faded to a faint whine. “What now?”
“We can’t stay here. We’ll have to move on through to the Outers.”
“No.”
“Listen to me. I haven’t been able to contact any Jammerz with the linx Lady Alvera gave me. Without a haven, we don’t dare stay in the Inner City.”
“You said we’d find help here.”
“I know what I said. Don’t you think I want to make contact? If we had another option, believe me, I’d take it.”
“I will not voluntarily go to the Outers.”
“Spoiled T-bred,” Drue muttered before putting some steel in his voice. “Remember that request from Traffic Control we didn’t answer?
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