Chapter 3 (Extract) – Something's Not Right

Dear Tiger,

You take care, yourself.

I miss you.

I hope Odyssey let you come join us, soon. I mean, we eventually have to be allowed to meet, right? They can’t keep us apart, forever.

I’m glad you’re doing what you’re doing, because we’re not sure which way to jump—and I mean that literally. There wasn’t just one ship; there were two, and then they met up with another two, who were sitting not far off the warp points.

They must have come in really slow for us not to be able to detect them—or maybe the orbitals were waiting for them to radio in. I don’t know. No-one’s taught me the comms protocols for entry into a new system. I’ll add that to things I need to learn.

How about you, Tiges? Do you know the protocols?

Actually, forget that. I wanted to ask you if you were able to do a system search and find out who the ships were, and if they’ve turned up anywhere else, yet. We’re following the ion trail of the first one, through Point Karam, and I have homework of my own to do.

I have to find out everything I can about the system it leads to. And they’ve got me back to doing school work, too. So, it’s research the Point Karam warp destinations, keep up with the day’s lessons—and try to get ahead, in case we need you—and don’t skip the team work-outs, or you’ll be too fat and slow to keep up with us.

That last bit was a direct quote. Did I ever tell you how mean these guys were?

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