By then two of the pilots were down with it. It was some time before they realized that he was sick with something else. The injury to his arm seemed sufficient explanation for the state of coma in which they found him. They managed to retrieve him, and Brennan’s body, and the computer aboard Protector. The ships that came after him were designed for exploring the inner system.
He did manage to swing the cargo ship around toward Home, but his technique was sloppy, and he wound up in an escape orbit. He was delirious during most of what followed. They might not believe what’s in the computer. “I could have killed you if you weren’t a relative. Brennan talked in a steady monotone, whether or not he expected Roy to hear. Roy was aware of Brennan ripping his shirt to tie a tourniquet below his shoulder. What was left of Brennan rose up on its hands and came for him. It dangled, swollen like a melon and running blood where a fragment of bone poked through.
His arm wasn’t hurting him at all, but the sound of Brennan’s fall hurt Roy sickeningly in the guts. It crossed Brennan’s body just below the waist. Why didn’t Brennan throw? He fired.īrennan leapt to the side, incredibly fast, but not as fast as light. Why didn’t Brennan throw? Now he had the trigger. He held a soft carbon lubrication disc the size of a hockey puck. He fielded it with his left hand and finished his turn.īrennan was poised like a pitcher on the mound.
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