Scouts
““What’s wrong?”
I tried to wave it off. “Nothing.”
“You’re worried about Valka, aren’t you?”
Air started rushing past the car and a strong vibration ran through the frame. What could I say? I couldn’t lie to her, but at the same time, could I trust her with the information? There was little else I could do but take the risk.
“We’re looking into it.”
“Challers!” She put her hand on my knee. “You can’t.”
“We can.” I lowered my voice to a whisper. I hoped that if there were listening devices in th...e car, the noise of the rails and the wind would make it hard to hear what I was saying. “We found a place where we can get secure access to the network and it won’t get traced back to us. I found out who Cassandra’s instructor was at the academy.”
“Who?” she whispered back.
“Joco.”
She nodded, recognizing the name. “So that’s why you wanted to come out this way today.”
“Yeah, except this route’s going to go past him. I expected to go out on the oxygen deck.”MoreLess
I tried to wave it off. “Nothing.”
“You’re worried about Valka, aren’t you?”
Air started rushing past the car and a strong vibration ran through the frame. What could I say? I couldn’t lie to her, but at the same time, could I trust her with the information? There was little else I could do but take the risk.
“We’re looking into it.”
“Challers!” She put her hand on my knee. “You can’t.”
“We can.” I lowered my voice to a whisper. I hoped that if there were listening devices in th...e car, the noise of the rails and the wind would make it hard to hear what I was saying. “We found a place where we can get secure access to the network and it won’t get traced back to us. I found out who Cassandra’s instructor was at the academy.”
“Who?” she whispered back.
“Joco.”
She nodded, recognizing the name. “So that’s why you wanted to come out this way today.”
“Yeah, except this route’s going to go past him. I expected to go out on the oxygen deck.”MoreLess
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