A little more from the upcoming BROKEN WINGS:
["That is unfortunate. It seems we both have to clean up after his mistakes."] In her case, she would have to send in a team to retrieve the Crystal Keeper, since Pallin had failed.
["Yes. This world is far more complex than it once was. Their technology is advancing at an unprecedented rate. It complicates matters for me."] Tarolis folded his arms. ["It's all in my reports. I trust you've read them."]
["I have. What of the atmospheric distortions of the portal?"]
["The scientific communities are speculating on the phenomena, but religions are predicting the end of their world by that and the appearances of angels."]
Valdas smirked. Angels, indeed. So far advanced yet still so very superstitious these humans, but they could use it to their advantage, as the Keepers had.
["And,"] Tarolis added while handling a small device, ["others are connecting the dots, as they say here, on their internet. I suggest any move you make is done and over while a portal can be maintained. I'm sending an aerial image from one of their satellites. Commander Montran supplied me with the location of the Crystal Keeper's residence while he was here."]
Her tri-comm beeped. ["Received."]
["They make our job too easy in many ways."]
["But difficult in others?"]
Tarolis smiled. ["Do not underestimate these humans, Prime Commander Alshouan."]
["No. We won't make that mistake again."]
He tapped a strap on his wrist. ["I have to be somewhere soon. Is there anything else you need from me?"]
["Nothing more."]
["Prime Commander Loran out."] He disappeared from the room. But he had never been there, simply an image in her mind.
Valdas pulled the tri-comm off and placed it in a slot at her console. With a few keystrokes, an aerial image projected in a flat two-dimensional holograph before her. A white line circled one of the structures amid a grid of lines framing several structures in each square. This one lay at the far edge of that grid with open land beyond.
She would not fail. In fact, she would personally lead the team to extricate the Crystal Keeper.
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["Yes. This world is far more complex than it once was. Their technology is advancing at an unprecedented rate. It complicates matters for me."] Tarolis folded his arms. ["It's all in my reports. I trust you've read them."]
["I have. What of the atmospheric distortions of the portal?"]
["The scientific communities are speculating on the phenomena, but religions are predicting the end of their world by that and the appearances of angels."]
Valdas smirked. Angels, indeed. So far advanced yet still so very superstitious these humans, but they could use it to their advantage, as the Keepers had.
["And,"] Tarolis added while handling a small device, ["others are connecting the dots, as they say here, on their internet. I suggest any move you make is done and over while a portal can be maintained. I'm sending an aerial image from one of their satellites. Commander Montran supplied me with the location of the Crystal Keeper's residence while he was here."]
Her tri-comm beeped. ["Received."]
["They make our job too easy in many ways."]
["But difficult in others?"]
Tarolis smiled. ["Do not underestimate these humans, Prime Commander Alshouan."]
["No. We won't make that mistake again."]
He tapped a strap on his wrist. ["I have to be somewhere soon. Is there anything else you need from me?"]
["Nothing more."]
["Prime Commander Loran out."] He disappeared from the room. But he had never been there, simply an image in her mind.
Valdas pulled the tri-comm off and placed it in a slot at her console. With a few keystrokes, an aerial image projected in a flat two-dimensional holograph before her. A white line circled one of the structures amid a grid of lines framing several structures in each square. This one lay at the far edge of that grid with open land beyond.
She would not fail. In fact, she would personally lead the team to extricate the Crystal Keeper.
