Realms of Light
“I didn’t tell him exactly who “we” were, though—I don’t care what encryption Ukiba used, I didn’t think interplanetary communications could ever be secure. I didn’t mention his daughter, or Seventh Heaven, or his own alleged death; I just said I was returning with passengers and needed to talk to him in person as soon as he could arrange it.
I got an acknowledgment that was even vaguer than my own message, saying that my situation would be discussed once we were on the ground.
I sent a follow-u...p, saying that some of our business was urgent. I didn’t say what; I let him assume it was something to do with the murder attempt.
Really, though, it was Dad and ’Chan. Dad was starting to lose it, being out of his tank and no longer having his health monitored; the ship’s medical banks could probably have handled him just fine if he’d allowed it, but he didn’t trust me, or the ship, or anyone else, and said he would wait until we’d found him a new dreamtank. He insisted that the shaking hands and coughing fits and occasional spasms, and his inability to keep food down, were nothing to worry about.MoreLess
I got an acknowledgment that was even vaguer than my own message, saying that my situation would be discussed once we were on the ground.
I sent a follow-u...p, saying that some of our business was urgent. I didn’t say what; I let him assume it was something to do with the murder attempt.
Really, though, it was Dad and ’Chan. Dad was starting to lose it, being out of his tank and no longer having his health monitored; the ship’s medical banks could probably have handled him just fine if he’d allowed it, but he didn’t trust me, or the ship, or anyone else, and said he would wait until we’d found him a new dreamtank. He insisted that the shaking hands and coughing fits and occasional spasms, and his inability to keep food down, were nothing to worry about.MoreLess
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