itself in here to avoid what happened to the rest of its crew…”
She broke off, and Prilicla called urgently, “Friend Cha, why are you feeling
like that? What happened to you?”
“Nothing happened to me,” she replied, fighting to control her disappointment.
“I am holding the FGHJ now. There is no need to hurry. It is dead.”
“That explains why my sensors didn’t register,” Fletcher said.
“Friend Cha,” Prilicla said, ignoring the interruption, “are you quite sure”! I
can still feel the presence of a deeply unconscious mind.”
Cha Thrat drew the FGHJ toward her so that she could use her upper hands, then
said, “The body temperature is very low. Its eyes are open and do not react
tolight. The usual vital signs are absent. I’m sorry, it i dead and…” She
broke off to look more closely at th creature’s head, then went on excitedly.
“And I think know what killed it! The back of the neck. Can you s
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