Chapter 20
“Any reaction?” Anton asked over the intercom.
Ricardo still held onto his shoulders.
Hannah was their eyes behind, with her head stuck out the cargo bay’s side door.
“Movement on the bridge, but I’m guessing it’s mostly binoculars at this point.”
Anton considered the crazy daisy chain that they were already running, Katie in contact with Michelle, Michelle linked telepathically to Ricardo, and Ricardo conducting Katie’s sensing ability to him as an extension. Then the back channel of his voice, Ricardo’s telepathy, and Michelle speaking to Katie.
“Well, hell, what’s one more step? Jesse, pard,” he gave it the cowboy’s long drawl. “Why don’tcha fly us up high over that thar little boat and we’ll see what happens?”
“What are you—”
“Trust me.”
Jesse swooped the bird aroun
